TicketsCINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati soccer team returns to the road Sunday, facing Tulsa in an American Athletic Conference matchup at Hurricane Stadium. The match will be shown on ESPN+ and live stats are available at BearcatStats.com. Tulsa is 1-1 on the year, losing 2-0 at Memphis and winning 3-2 vs. UCF.
SOCCER HOME SCHEDULE CHANGES
• After playing its first two matches on the road, UC will gear up for a five-game homestand at Gettler Stadium, adding a matchup with Notre Dame (Thurs., March 11), will play Temple as scheduled (Sun., March 14), moved the Memphis game, originally scheduled for Feb. 14 to Thursday, March 18, moved the Tennessee matchup (Sun., March 21) and rescheduling a postponed game against Houston (Wed., March 24).
• Thursday, March 11 – Notre Dame (1 p.m. ET / ESPN+)
• Thursday, March 18 – Memphis (TBA / ESPN+)
• Sunday, March 21 – Tennessee (1 p.m. ET / ESPN+)
• Wednesday, March 24 – Houston (Noon ET / ESPN+)
UC FALLS 1-0 ON LATE GOAL AT UCF
• UC had put on a strong defensive performance in stifling a high-powered UCF attack, but the ball literally fell UCF's way on a windy corner-kick attempt in the 86th minute.
• UCF's Ellie Moreno deflected the ball up in the air off a corner kick, the wind moved it around and GK Anna Rexford just missed playing the bounce and ball dropped over the goal line for the only tally of the game.
THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE
• Rexford had been outstanding in her first career start, turning away nine total UCF shots and making three saves.
A LONG TIME COMING
• UC, originally scheduled to open its season on Feb. 14, saw a delay until Feb. 21 and played for the first time in 475 days.
• Game-time temperature in Orlando was 70 degrees, compared to 10 degrees when the team departed Cincinnati .
WINDS OF CHANGE AS BEARCATS ENTER 2020 2021
• Head Coach Neil Stafford is in high eighth year at the helm of the program and features a new-look staff this season with assistant coaches Rich Wall and Caroline Kelly along with volunteer assistant Bryce Hueber.
• D Ashley Barron and F Sophie Gorman were tabbed for Preseason All-American Athletic Conference honors. Both were First-Team All-AAC selections in 2019 while Barron also earned a spot on the league's All-Rookie Team.
• Also returning are leading scorer Han Tang (5g), Vanessa DiNardo (2g, 2a), Camryn Hartman (2g, 1a), Ying Zhan (1g, 3a) and GK Madison Less (57s, 6 clean sheets).
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