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Soccer Hosts Old Dominion
Sept. 12, 2009 GREENVILLE, N.C. - After playing rival N.C. State to a 2-2 draw Friday night in Raleigh, the East Carolina soccer team (3-1-1) will wrap up the weekend at 2 p.m. Sunday against former Colonial Athletic Association foe Old Dominion (3-3). Old Dominion holds an 8-3 series advantage over East Carolina, but the teams have met only twice since 2001, when the Pirates left the Colonial Athletic Association for Conference USA. In 2006, the Monarchs won 1-0 in overtime at home as Katie Watson scored on an assist from Jenni Purdom in the 99th minute. A year later, ECU returned the favor with a 1-0 OT victory in Greenville. Amy Szilard scored the winner for the Pirates off a free kick from Nicole Moore with two minutes remaining in overtime. Wilcox’s Offense On Display ... She has already scored three times, netting a goal against Gardner-Webb, Stony Brook and N.C. State. Wilcox is on pace to break her season high in shots as she has six this year, all of them being on goal. She took 10 last season and 15 as a freshman. Leaders In Conference USA ... Two Is The Magic Number ...
Tough To Beat In OT ... Since the start of the 2007 season, the Pirates have gone 5-1-10 in games that have stretched into overtime or double-overtime. The only loss occurred at UCF on Oct. 7, 2007, when Yvonne George scored with 58 seconds remaining in the second OT. In 2008, East Carolina went 4-0-4 in games that went extra time. |