The Matchup
Converse (6-7-2, 2-5-1 CC) vs Mount Olive (9-5, 7-2 CC)
Location: Hayden Abney Fulp Field, Spartanburg, S.C.
Time: 4:30 p.m.
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The Series
Converse University and Mount Olive will be meeting for the first time on Saturday afternoon. The Valkyries will be playing on the newly renovated turf at Fulp Field for the first time this season as they look to keep their four match unbeaten streak alive.
Converse Notes:
- The Valkyries are 6-7-2 this season and 2-5-1 in Conference Carolinas play.
- Converse is coming off a 1-1 tie on Wednesday afternoon to Belmont Abbey. Nicholas Gartung scored the first goal of the game in the 8th minute for the Valkyries. A late goal in the first half for Belmont Abbey sent both teams to the locker room tied up.
- The match was scoreless the final 65 minutes of action despite the Valkyries best attempt at breaking the tie.
- The Valkyries are averaging 2.20 goals per game and 15.5 shots per contest.
- Hayden Gensler and Fabio Pasini are tied for the team lead with 16 points this season. Pasini is the reigning Conference Carolinas offensive Player of the Week, following a hat-trick against USC Aiken last Saturday. Pasini leads the team with 8 goals this season, while Gensler is second on the team with 7 goals this season.
- David Windmiller has played almost every minute in goal for the Valkyries this season and has recorded 53 saves on 179 shots faced.
Mount Olive Notes:
- Mount Olive is 9-5 overall and 7-2 in Conference Carolinas action this season.
- The Trojans have lost two straight matches following a five-game winning-streak.
- Mount Olive is coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to Francis Marion on Tuesday night.
- The Trojans are averaging nearly three goals per game this season and they are averaging 16.5 shots per contest.
- Alfie Pope is the Trojans offensive threat this season as he leads the team in goals scored (12), assists (5), points (29), total shots (49), shots on goal (23) and game-winning goals (3).
- Axel Engren has started 11 games in goal this season for the Trojans. Engren has made 42 saves on 125 shots faced this season.
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