HIGH POINT, N.C.— No. 8 High Point University women's soccer begins its postseason run this Saturday, facing off with the top-seeded Radford Highlanders on the road at 7 p.m.

The end to the Panthers' regular season was full of ups and downs this year, losing a pair of contests in overtime, and earning a draw against No. 2 Gardner-Webb in the final 10 days of the campaign. HPU will face a familiar foe in the Highlanders, dropping another extra time matchup to the side earlier in the year. The Panthers were on a four-match win streak against Radford before dropping that decision, but have not played the Highlanders in the postseason for nearly a decade, last defeating the side 1-0 in an overtime Big South semifinal in 2009. 

High Point will be looking to play the upset against a Radford side that has not lost since September 22nd. The Highlanders have outscored opponents 19-5 on their current eight-game winning streak and are looking for their first tournament title since 2011, finishing the season as the top seed for the first time in five years.  

No. 8 High Point (5-9-4, 3-4-3) at No. 1 Radford (13-2-1, 9-1-0)
When: Saturday, October 27, at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Radford, Va. | Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium
All-Time Series: High Point trails 12-13-3 
Last Meeting: Loss 3-2 (OT), on September 29, 2018 in Radford, Va.
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On the Panthers
• The Panthers had a pair of players earn yearly honors this past Thursday, with Skylar Prillaman receiving Big South Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Conference nods and All-Freshman designation, while Emily Lyon collected her first All-Academic honor
• Prillaman's Freshman of the Year election is the first in Panthers' history, since moving to Division I in 1999, as she is just the second HPU freshman to make First Team All-Conference as well
• High Point will be looking to advance to the Big South semifinals for a seventh consecutive year, after clinching a postseason spot for the 20th consecutive season last weekend
• Freshman Brooke Parsons has been on a tear since the start of conference-play, she is currently on a three-game point streak, and has collected three goals and four assists in her past seven appearances
• Goalkeeper Emily Lyon's 0.79 goals against average is far and away the lowest in the conference this season, while her 0.821 save percentage ranks third in the Big South overall
• The Panthers have gone to overtime in each of their previous three contests, playing extra minutes in seven contests this year; that's two more than any other team in the Big South this season
 
On the Highlanders
• The Radford offense is led by senior Jasmine Casarez with 10 goals, followed by Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year Jessica Wollman at eight; Casarez' total is second in the Big South and 37th in Division I soccer 
• The Highlander roster has combined for a conference-high 109 points on the year, only 19 teams in DI average more points per game than Radford this year (6.81), as the side ranks ninth in shots on goal per game (9.19) and 12th in goals per game (2.44)
• Keeper Courtenay Kaplan ranks first in the Big South with five clean sheets this year, she's started all but two of her team's wins this season

Series Notes:
• HPU has not matched up against Radford in the postseason since 2009, beating the Highlanders 1-0 in overtime during the Big South semifinals
• The Panthers have outscored the Highlanders 10-5 over their past five meetings
• High Point has won the Big South tournament seven times in its history, winning last year's championship as the No.1 seed. The last time the Panthers entered the postseason ranked lower than No. 6 they won the 2009 tournament title
 
Coming Up Next:
• The winner of the No. 8 High Point/No. 1 Radford contest goes on to face the winner of the No. 4 Campbell/No. 5 Charleston Southern matchup next Friday in the Big South semifinals in Matthews, N.C.
• The Panthers lost their road match with the Buccaneers, but the held the Camels without a shot on goal in their 0-0 draw earlier this year

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