Women's Soccer | September 2, 2015

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle women's soccer team hosts the Lehigh Mountain Hawks on Thursday night at McCarthy Stadium before visiting the Pittsburgh Panthers on Sunday morning at Ambrose Urbanic Field.
 
Scouting the Explorers
-La Salle is coming off a 1-0 loss at Maryland on Sunday night.
 
-Senior goalkeeper Katie Getzinger is sporting a 0.58 goals-against average after allowing just two goals through three games, including two double overtime contests (BU, Seton Hall).
 
-Fia Jonsson scored La Salle's only goal this season against Seton Hall (8/27), depositing a free kick in the 28^th minute to give La Salle a 1-0 lead over the Pirates.
 
-The Explorers have won their last three games against Lehigh dating back to 2011 and defeated Pittsburgh 1-0 at home last season in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.  
 
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Lehigh Mountain Hawks (2-1) at La Salle Explorers (0-1-2)
Thursday, September 3 | 7 PM | McCarthy Stadium
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Scouting the Mountain Hawks
-Lehigh is coming off a 4-0 win over Binghamton on Sunday, scoring twice in each half while limiting the Bearcats to just three shots.
 
-The Mountain Hawks opened their season with a 7-0 win over Mount St. Mary's on Aug. 21, the program's most goals in a single game since 2003.
 
-Freshman Sabrina Mertz scored twice against the Mountaineers and leads the team in points (seven) through four games.
 
-Lehigh has two former Explorers on their coaching staff in Amy Hough ('09) and Renee Washington ('14). Hough was voted La Salle's Rookie of the Year in 2005 and was named Second Team All-Conference in 2006. Washington, meanwhile, was an NSCAA All-American in 2011 and Academic All-American in 2012 before graduating in a three-way tie for the program lead in all-time goals scored (40).
 
-After battling the Explorers, the Mountain Hawks will wrap a four-game road swing at Temple on Sunday.
 
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La Salle Explorers (0-1-2) at Pittsburg Panthers  (2-1-1)  
Sunday, September 6 | 11 AM | Ambrose Urbanic Field
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Scouting the Panthers
-Pittsburgh is coming off a 1-0 overtime defeat of Division III Colorado College on Sunday in Colorado Springs.
 
-Freshman Jerena Harmon leads the team with six points after recording the ninth hat trick in program history in a 6-0 win over Robert Morris (8/23).
 
-Pittsburgh is second in the ACC this season with 104 shots this season.
 
-Pitt goalkeeper Taylor Francis, who led the ACC in saves last year with 120, has started 28 consecutive games between the pipes for the Panthers.
 
-The Pitt women's soccer team enters its 20th season of competition in 2015.