LIVE STATSLIVE VIDEOHIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University women's soccer team wraps up the 2015 regular season with a home game against Campbell on Tuesday, Oct., 27, at 7 p.m., in Vert Stadium.
The Panthers can wrap up home field advantage with a win or a draw against Campbell and can clinch the Big South regular season title with a win and a loss by Liberty at Longwood.
High Point enters the week with an 11-3-4 overall record and a 6-2-1 mark in the Big South following its 3-0 win at Presbyterian College on Saturday. Redshirt-sophomore
Bailey Beattie and sophomores
Michele Micciche and
Bri Jean-Charles all scored for HPU. The shutout was High Point's 12th of the season, two shy of the conference record.
Micciche and Jean-Charles have spearheaded the HPU attack and are tied for the Panther team lead with 11 points on the season. Micciche has a team-high five goals and one assist while Jean-Charles is second on the team with four goals and tied for the team lead with three assists. Sophomores
Taylor Romano and
Meredith Dunker are tied with Jean-Charles for the team lead in assists.
Sophomore
Alex Persiani made four saves against Presbyterian College to earn her 10th clean sheet of the season. She is now 8-3-4 overall on the season with a 0.39 goals-against average and a .902 save percentage. She is currently fifth in the Big South single-season record book in shutouts.
Campbell is 11-6-0 on the season with a 6-3-0 mark in conference play in 2015. The Camels are coming off a 2-1 win at Longwood last week.
Forward Ashley Clark is the top-scoring player in the Big South this season with 38 points on a conference-high 14 goals and 10 assists. She has played a role in 24 of Campbell's 28 goals on the season. Payton Ormsby (4 g, 8 a) and Shannon Wratchford (5 g, 3 a) also have double-digit points on the season for the Camels.
Alexis Connors has started 15 games in goal this season for Campbell. She is 9-5-0 with four shutouts and a 1.27 goals-against average. The Camel defense has played well towards the end of the season, allowing just three goals in their last five games.
High Point is 3-4-1 in eight all-time meetings with Campbell. The Panthers earned a 2-1 road win over Campbell in the regular-season finale last season with goals from
Jacky Kessler and
Aley Kate McKinley.
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