Salisbury, N.C. —- The 21st-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team returns home to Frock Field for the first time in two weeks on Wednesday, facing current South Atlantic Conference leader and league rival Wingate for a red-out.
THE MATCHUP
- Who: Wingate (7-1-2, 6-1-0 SAC) at #21 Catawba (7-1-3, 5-0-1 SAC)
- Where: Frock Field, Salisbury, N.C.
- When: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 5 p.m.
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THE HISTORY
- Catawba leads the all-time series 32-13-2
- The Catawba Indians are 18-5-1 at Frock Field
- Catawba has won each of the last three meetings in the series
- Wingate is Catawba's most commonly played opponent in the Division II era (1990) – Wednesday is the 48th all-time meeting between the programs in that time span
WHAT'S AT STAKE
- Wednesday will go a long way in deciding who takes home the SAC regular season title
- Wingate currently holds a two-point conference lead, but Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne are in a tie for second with an extra game in hand
- The three teams are separated by a whopping 12 points from the rest of the field
- Lenoir-Rhyne already defeated Wingate 1-0 earlier this month; Catawba and LR will meet in the regular season finale on Nov. 6
ONE BREE HILL
- Sophomore Bree Ehmer ranks at the top of the SAC with 17 points recorded this season and tied for the most goals scored with seven
- Ehmer netted two goals in the Catawba Indians' tight loss at 3rd-ranked Columbus State last week
- The reigning SAC Freshman of the Year is not alone atop the SAC scoring marks, as midfielder Kylie Morin stands just behind her with six goals scored this season
POSTSEASON PREVIEW?
- Catawba and Wingate have met a combined three times in the postseason alone in the last two seasons
- The Bulldogs eeked out a 1-0 win in the 2022 SAC semifinal, but the Catawba Indians returned the favor in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
- Catawba topped Wingate 2-0 in last year's SAC semi; while Catawba and Wingate did not meet in the 2023 NCAA Tournament, the Bulldogs did return to Frock Field for the second straight NCAA Tourney, falling in PKs to North Georgia
FO' HUNNID
- With a win on Wednesday, Catawba would become the first women's soccer program in the SAC (Division II era) to reach 400 wins (since 1990)
SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
- Wingate is coached by first-year head coach Katie Mitchell, who served as the team's Assistant Coach last season
- After earning Second Team All-SAC honors with no goals scored last season, Manu Baptista Filipe is taking on more of a scoring responsibility in '24, with five goals scored already through 10 games
- The Bulldogs have scored three or more goals in each game of their active 4-game winning streak
UP NEXT
- Catawba returns to the Frock on Saturday for a rare home date on Homecoming, facing Emory & Henry for a 1 p.m. start
