The UALR women’s soccer team is aiming for its 10th-consecutive win this Friday as they battle Appalachian State University and begin Sun Belt Conference play.

#TrojanTailgate

The team is one of just five unbeaten, untied teams in the nation. Only two of those teams – UALR and Virginia Tech – have at least nine wins.

To help celebrate this huge success and support a potential tenth victory at home, a tailgate party is planned for 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at the Coleman Sports and Recreation Complex before the Trojans kickoff against the Mountaineers at 7 p.m.

Free T-shirts will be distributed for the first 100 students. The tailgate party will include free hot dogs, hamburgers, bottled water, and tailgating games for everyone, and admission is free to the game.

The UALR soccer team claimed its ninth consecutive victory this season after defeating Missouri State 1-0 in Springfield, Mo., last week. Fali Garuba got the only goal of the match, improving the Trojans to 9-0-0 for the first time ever and giving the team nine wins in a season for the first time since 2009.

Sara Cavanagh’s three saves in net gave the team its seventh shutout of the year, breaking the school record of six shutouts on the season. The win was UALR’s second consecutive 1-0 victory over Missouri State and the team’s fourth 1-0 win of the 2014 season.

Amanda Wilkinson, Linnea Kogsta, Kailie Holloway and Lauren Brownrigg played all 90 minutes on the back line in the defensive effort, and Cavanagh earned her fifth win of the year and second solo shutout.

UALR’s goalies have combined to allow just two goals in nine matches, good for a goals against average of 0.22.

Alyson Rohane and Lexus VanPelt topped all Trojans with three shots total. Garuba and VanPelt had two on goal each. The team took 11 shots to Missouri State’s 17, though the Trojans had six shots on goal to the Bears’ three.

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