Gameday Central -- #19 Tennessee Soccer vs. #22 Auburn
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Oct. 21, 2011
UT (12-5, 5-4) vs. AUB (11-4-2, 5-3-1) - FSN
October 23, 2011 | 1 p.m. ET
Regal Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.
THE AUBURN MATCH
- Tennessee leads the all-time series over Auburn 9-5-0, but the two teams have split the previous four meetings. UT is 4-1 versus the Tigers in Knoxville but dropped a 3-1 decision to AU during the last match-up at the Regal Soccer Stadium back on Oct. 22, 2009.
- The Blue & Orange enters the contest at 11-4-2 overall and 5-3-1 in SEC action, good enough for fifth in the most updated league standings. Auburn is unbeaten in its last three matches (2-0-1) with victories over LSU (3-0) and Arkansas (3-1) and most recently a tie against Georgia (0-0, 2OT). AU is just 1-3 on the road in SEC play.
- Senior MF Katy Frierson (5 G, 11 A), junior MF Ana Cate (8 G, 4 A) and freshman F Tatiana Cole (6 G, 7 A) lead an Auburn offense that boasts five players with four or more scores. Between the pipes, redshirt freshman Chandler Hillen owns a 7-1 record with a 1.07 GAA and 24 saves, while junior Amy Howard is 4-3-1 with a 1.36 GAA and 31 saves.
- Auburn enters its contest against the Lady Vols with the second-highest scoring offense in the SEC, totaling 38 total goals for a 2.24 goal-per-match average. Tennessee is currently tied for third in scores with 36 and tallying at a 2.12 GPM clip to rate third. UT is second in the league defensively, allowing just 15 goals for a 0.88 goals-per-match mark, while the Tigers rate eighth in the SEC, having permitted 22 goals for a 1.29 GPM average.
