CONWAY, Ark. - Hendrix eyes its fifth-straight win this season when the Warriors welcome Oglethorpe (Ga.) to Warrior Soccer Field on Friday for a Southern Athletic Association (SAA) contest. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. CT.
Admission is free, but due to COVID-19 safety protocols, capacity is limited to 75 percent, or 270 fans. Registration for tickets is only available online. The gate at the venue opens 30 minutes prior to kickoff. Individuals who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are strongly encouraged to wear masks outdoors when six feet of physical distance cannot be maintained. All fans must enter through the gate between the parking lot and field closest to the north goal. Reserved seating in a grandstand between the pressbox and south goal exists for Hendrix students. Spectators must stay off the field before, during and after each game and must vacate the venue immediately following its conclusion. No interaction with student-athletes is permitted at the game site.
Along with live statistics, the game is televised online via the Warrior Sports Network. Updates are also available on the official Hendrix women's soccer Twitter account (@HendrixWSoccer).
The Warriors host their Kick Cancer Game on Friday. Hendrix fans in attendance are encouraged to wear pink.
Game 10/Oglethorpe (3-5, 0-2 SAA) at Hendrix (6-2-1, 2-0 SAA)
Friday, Oct. 8 • 5 p.m. CT
Conway, Ark. • Warrior Soccer Field
Promotion: Kick Cancer Game
TV (Internet): Warrior Sports Network
Live Stats: Warrior Sports Network
Twitter Updates: @HendrixWSoccer
SERIES INFORMATION
Meeting: 10th.
Series Record: Hendrix leads 7-1-1 (W3).
Last Meeting: Hendrix 1, Oglethorpe 0 (March 28, 2021; at Oglethorpe).
First Meeting: Oglethorpe 3, Hendrix 1 (Oct. 5, 2012; at Oglethorpe).
Last Meeting in Conway: Hendrix 2, Oglethorpe 0 (Oct. 20, 2019).
First Meeting in Conway: Hendrix 5, Oglethorpe 3 (Oct. 13, 2013).
Last Hendrix win in Conway: Hendrix 2, Oglethorpe 0 (Oct. 20, 2019).
Hendrix Record in Conway: 3-0-1 (W1).
Last Meeting in Atlanta: Hendrix 1, Oglethorpe 0 (March 28, 2021).
First Meeting in Atlanta: Oglethorpe 3, Hendrix 1 (Oct. 5, 2012).
Last Hendrix win in Atlanta: Hendrix 1, Oglethorpe 0 (March 28, 2021).
Hendrix Record in Atlanta: 4-1 (W4).
Hendrix Record at Neutral Site: 0-0.
Head Coach Jeff Trimble vs. Oglethorpe: 6-0-1 (W3).
ABOUT HENDRIX
The Warriors are coming off a 1-0 win over Texas Lutheran on Monday at Warrior Soccer Field. Hendrix used a Sydnee Pritchett goal in the 38th minute Anna Grace Eichenberger found Pritchett on the right side, and she scored top shelf from 20 yards out for her second goal in as many days. Pritchett ended with four shots, including two on frame. Eichenberger recorded three shots, while Sydney Wagner and Julia Dick each had two. Eichenberger, Wagner and Skylar Baker netted one shot on goal apiece. Anna Claire Lewis tied a career-high with seven saves in her second clean sheet this season. Her sixth save, coming at the 67:45 mark, was the 100th of her career, making her only the sixth player in program history to reach the century mark. Hendrix outshot Texas Lutheran, 10-5, in the first 45 minutes. Each team had three corner kicks. Monday's game was rescheduled from the day before due to two weather delays Oct. 2 postponing the Warriors' league game against Millsaps (Miss.) to Sunday.
Pritchett has recorded at least one point in three-straight games.
Friday marks the third of four-straight games at Warrior Soccer Field.
Hendrix's four-match win streak is its longest since winning five-consecutive in 2018.
Pritchett and Kaitlyn Gilkey, each with three game-winners this season, are tied for seventh on the school's single-season list.
Mackenzie Smith's 0.913 save percentage this season ranks second in school history. Her 0.52 goals against average also ranks second with a minimum of five minutes.
Lewis' 0.94 goals against average this season ranks eighth best in program history.
Gilkey's four-career game-winning goals are tied for fifth in program history. Pritchett's three are tied for ninth.
Lewis' 101 career saves rank sixth all-time in Hendrix history. Her 1.20 career goals against average is tied for fourth. Lewis' 19 wins are third, and she is three shy of moving into second. Her four ties rank second, and she is three shy of breaking the all-time mark. Lewis' 7.4 shutouts rank fourth, and she is one away from moving into third. She is tied for fourth in goalie games played (39) and fourth in goalie games started and goalie minutes played (2,709).
Hendrix leads the SAA and ranks 66th nationally in save percentage (0.851) and ranks second in the league and 74th in Division III in goals against average (0.759).
Gilkey ranks second in the conference in points per game (1.44).
Trimble's 19-member squad is represented by five states - Arkansas (14), Texas (2), Louisiana (1), Tennessee (1) and Oklahoma (1).
ABOUT OGLETHORPE
The Stormy Petrels are coming off 2-1 loss at Sewanee (Tenn.) on Oct. 2 in league action. Julia Snyder scored in the 67th minute with an assist from Kirsten Wrona, but Oglethorpe surrendered goals in the 30th and 86th minutes in the loss. Haley Lowell made 18 saves in 90 minutes. The Stormy Petrels were outshot, 33-2, including shots on goal 21-1, and had no corner kicks compared to the Tigers' 16.
Oglethorpe is 0-4 on the road this season.
The Stormy Petrels have lost three-straight overall by a combined score of 14-2.
LAST MEETING
Hendrix won at Oglethorpe, 1-0, in SAA action on March 28, 2021. Skylar Baker scored in the 84th minute. Lowell blocked a Claire Huchingson shot but was unable to control the ball, which landed at the foot of Baker and into the back of the net following the rebound.
Huchingson and Mary Helen VanHoy each totaled four shots, as the Warriors compiled 16 compared to just nine by Oglethorpe. VanHoy and Bailey Lindsey recorded two shots on goal apiece.
Lewis went the distance between the pipes and posted her second solo clean sheet this season after making four saves.
Kirsten Brown recorded four shots and two on frame in the loss.
Lowell netted seven saves in 90 minutes in net.
THE THROW IN
Hendrix has won three-consecutive against Oglethorpe.
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