SOCCER CENTRAL: Charleston

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee soccer team concludes the first home weekend of the season, hosting College of Charleston at 1 p.m. Sunday.

The Vols (3-0) defeated ETSU 6-1 on Thursday. Charleston lost to Virginia Tech on the road 4-0 on Friday.

Tennessee is coming off a pair of road 1-0 victories at Navy and George Mason. As the Vols look to stretch their winning streak to four, here are some news and notes:

SUNDAY'S PROMOTIONS

Kids Day - First 250 kids receive a Tennessee fidget spinner
Camper Reunion Day - Campers receive a "fast pass" for autographs and a concessions voucher
Junior Vol Day - Prepaid members can pick up their Junior Vol packets
Soccer Sundae - First 100 children get a scoop of ice cream to build their own sundaes
Postgame autographs

OPENING STATS

Tennessee is off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2012. With a 1-0 win at Navy, the Vols are now 14-6-1 in openers and have won 9 of its last 11 debuts.
This year marks the sixth season for head coach Brian Pensky. He has led the Vols to three seasons of at least 10 wins, including an 11-9-1 mark last year. Tennessee was picked to finish seventh in the SEC coaches poll released.
Five players made their debuts for Tennessee opening weekend, including redshirt freshman Erin Gilroy and sophomore Salera Jordan, who started both games at forward. Jordan transferred from Middle Tennessee.
Junior goalkeeper Shae Yanez recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time in her career.

BACK AT REGAL

Tennessee is playing its first two of nine regular-season home matches at Regal Soccer Stadium.
The Vols went 8-5-0 at Regal Stadium last season.
Regal Soccer Stadium, opened in 2007 with a capacity of 3,000, now has a brand-new video board installed on the opposite site of the stands. Tennessee has added similar boards at the softball and baseball venues over the last year.

INSIDE THE SERIES

VS. ETSU
Series: Tennessee leads 5-0-0
Goals For/Against: 24-2
Last Match: Tennessee defeated ETSU 3-2 last season. The Vols jumped out to a 2-0 lead with goals from Maya Neal and Danielle Marcano. Rylie O'Keefe added another goal to push Tennessee back up 3-1.

VS. CHARLESTON
Series: First meeting
Note: Tennessee is playing two teams for the first time in program history this season: Charleston and Bucknell.

SEC WATCH LIST

Tennessee junior Rylie O'Keefe and redshirt sophomores Katie Cousins and Maya Neal were named to the SEC preseason soccer watch list.
O'Keefe, a midfielder from Littleton, Colorado, accumulated the most points last season among Tennessee's returners, totaling 19 points on five goals and nine assists while starting all 21 matches. She earned All-SEC and NSCAA all-region honors.
Cousins, a midfielder from Forest, Virginia, is back on the field for the Vols after missing the 2016 season playing for the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team at the FIFA U-20 World Cup. As a freshman in 2015, she was on the SEC All-Freshman Team and played in all 18 games.
A defender and multi-event track standout from Naperville, Illinois, Neal is another returning member of the All-SEC and NSCAA all-region honors list. She started 19 games as a freshman and also contributed three goals when playing forward.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Several Vols logged sky miles over the summer break. Redshirt senior Ariel Kupritz competed for the U.S. at the 20th World Maccabiah Games in Israel last month.
The U.S. squad took silver to host Israel in the international Jewish sports competition. Kupritz, one of 20 members on the U.S. team, scored 10 goals during the tournament.
Redshirt junior Anna Bialczak also took a trip overseas, joining the Polish national soccer squad for a team trial. During the 11-day camp, the Lutherville, Maryland, native trained alongside other U.S. and Canada-based players who are eligible for the Polish team.
Last year, Katie Cousins helped the U.S. U-20 squad to a fourth-place finish in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea. She was named the U.S. Soccer Player of the Match after recording the game-tying assist in the win over Ghana in the final group match.