By Justin Grones
GreenBayPhoenix.com
GREEN BAY, Wis.
(GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay
women's soccer team (1-4-0) will play its first home game since mid-August at 7
p.m. Friday in a battle with Michigan Tech at Aldo Santaga Stadium. It will be
the first all-time meeting between the two schools.
The Phoenix is coming off a 1-1 finish at the SIU
Edwardsville tournament, where it opened with a 1-0 victory
over Northern Iowa. Senior Megan Braatz
scored the lone goal in the contest on a cross from the left side as the
Phoenix outshot UNI 8-5. Green Bay held the shooting advantage in game two
against UM-Kansas City, but fell 2-0.
Michigan Tech (1-1-0) opened the season with a 1-0 win
over Minnesota-Crookston Sept. 1. The Huskies make their inaugural trip to
Santaga Stadium following a 3-2 overtime loss to Bemidji State Sept. 2.
Following Friday's game, Green Bay will face South
Dakota at noon Sunday. After a 10-day break, Green Bay will return to action
Sept. 19 in Normal, Ill. and face Illinois State.
Green Bay will open Horizon League play at home
against Detroit Sept. 22.
FOLLOW IT LIVE: Live stats
and live video
will be available on GreenBayPhoenix.com for the Phoenix game against the Huskies.
FIRST TIME
AROUND: This will be the first
meeting in history between Green Bay and Michigan Tech. The Huskies began
offering women's soccer for the 2010-11 season.
NOSE FOR THE
GOAL: Senior Megan Braatz leads Green
Bay in goals (2), shots (9) and shots on goal (5). Braatz scored the lone goal
in Green Bay's 1-0 victory over Northern Iowa on Aug. 31.
NOT IN MY
HOUSE: Sophomore goalkeeper Katy Pilarzyk
recorded her first career shutout in Green Bay's 1-0 win over Northern Iowa.
She recorded three saves in the contest.
EXTRA TIME WITH TREVOR WARREN: Warren shared his insights into the women's
soccer team's long road trip and start to the season on this week's Extra
Time with Trevor Warren on GreenBayPhoenix.com.
ESCAPING ISAAC: For the first time since the
home opener, Green Bay will not have to battle Hurricane Isaac. While the storm
created game delays, it also gave the team the opportunity to appear on the
Weather Channel and ABC News. Remnants of the storm were still felt at the SIU
Edwardsville tournament.
NEXT ON THE SCHEDULE: Green Bay will close the weekend by facing South
Dakota Sunday at noon. The Phoenix will then have 10 days off before its next
contest, a visit to Illinois State.
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