Match 9: Kennesaw State (3-4-1) at Austin Peay (2-4-0)
Date: Friday, September 18 at 8 p.m. ET
Location: Morgan Brothers Soccer Field | Clarksville, Tenn.
Links: Live Stats | Game Notes | Twitter
Series History: Kennesaw State leads 1-0-0
Last Meeting: Kennesaw State won 1-0 on Sept. 5, 2014 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
 
Match 10: Kennesaw State vs. Samford (4-4-0)
Date: Sunday, September 20 at 1 p.m. ET
Location: Nuesoft Technologies Soccer Field (KSU Marietta Campus) | Marietta, Ga.
Links: Live Stats | Game Notes | Twitter | Directions to Soccer Field | KSU Marietta Campus Map
Series History: Samford leads 2-4-0
Last Meeting: Kennesaw State won 4-2 on Sept. 21, 2014 in Birmingham, Ala.
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APSU Game Preview
The Kennesaw State soccer team will wrap up their five-match road swing with a final trip to Clarksville, Tenn., as the Owls do battle with Austin Peay in Morgan Brothers Soccer Field on Friday night (Sept. 18).
 
This will be the second-ever meeting between the two schools with the Owls taking the first meeting with a 1-0 win last season on Sept. 5, 2014 in a neutral-site match in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
 
Samford Game Preview
Following their five-match road swing that saw the Owls away from Kennesaw for three weeks, KSU returns home for three-straight matches, first hosting Samford at Nuesoft Technologies Soccer Field on the KSU Marietta Campus on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 1 p.m. ET in Marietta, Ga.
 
Sunday's match will be the seventh meeting between the regional rivals, with the Bulldogs holding a 4-2-0 advantage in the series. The Owls took the previous meeting a season ago in a 4-2 win in Birmingham, Ala., on Sept. 21, 2014.
  
Owls Fight But Fall to No. 17 South Carolina
For the first time this season the Kennesaw State soccer team faced off against a ranked opponent as the Owls fell to No. 17 South Carolina, 6-0, on a clear and calm Monday evening (Sept. 14) at Eugene E. Stone Soccer Stadium in Columbia, S.C.
 
Key Players: Ashley Zambetti (season-high eight saves), Maggie Gaughan (one shot, one shot on goal), Ida Hepsoe (one shot)
 
KSU Team Notes
- The Owls offense ranks in the top 50 in NCAA rankings as KSU sits 17th in total goals (20), 27th in scoring offense (2.5) and is 50th in points per game (6.38).
 
- Junior Cassidy Kemp leads the Kennesaw State offense with 11 points on five goals and an assist through eight games this season.
 
- In the NCAA, Kemp ranks 79th in goals per game (.0625) and is 113th in points per game (1.38).
 
- Kemp ranks in the top three of several categories in the Atlantic Sun Conference, ranking second in points per game (1.38), goals (five) and goals per game (0.62). She also ranks third in points (11) and is eighth in shots (18).
 
- Sophomore goalkeeper Ashley Zambetti has started the last five contests for the Owls, playing a team-high 498 minutes in goal and also leads the team with 25 saves.
 
- Zambetti tied her season-high with eight saves against South Carolina on Monday, equaling her total against College of Charleston on Sept. 4.
 
- Along with Kemp, juniors Kim Fincher and Monica Herrera rank in the top 10 in the league for shots as Fincher leads the Owls with 19 shots, which ranks in a tie for sixth in the league, while Herrera owns 17 shots, good for a tie of ninth in the A-Sun.
 
- The Owls lead the A-Sun in shots (128), shots per game (16.0), points (51), goals (20), and goals per game (2.50). KSU is also the co-leader in the conference with 36 corners.
 
- Monday's match at South Carolina marked the first contest this season that the Owls have played against a ranked opponent as the Gamecocks came in at No. 17 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Coaches Poll.
 
- The last time the Owls faced a ranked opponent was during the 2013 season when they played at No. 1 North Carolina on Sept. 1. KSU also played against No. 12 Duke that weekend, taking on the Blue Devils on Aug. 30 in Chapel Hill. 
 
2015 Stat Leaders (Active Players)
Minutes: 740, Ida Hepsoe, Abby Roth
Points: 11, Cassidy Kemp
Goals: 5, Cassidy Kemp
Assists: 2, Hannah Churchill, Kim Fincher, Ida Hepsoe
Shots: 19, Kim Fincher
Shots on Goal: 9, Cassidy Kemp
Goals Against Average: 1.77, Catherine McDuff
Saves: 25, Ashley Zambetti
 
Next Up­
The Owls continue their three-match homestand as they return to Fifth Third Bank Stadium to open Atlantic Sun Conference play against Lipscomb on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. ET in Kennesaw, Ga.
 
To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State soccer news follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlNation and @KSUOwlsSoccer or by liking Kennesaw State University on Facebook.
 
Fifth Third Bank is the Official Bank of Kennesaw State Athletics. Fifth Third Bank Stadium is the home of women's soccer, women's lacrosse and football, which will play its inaugural season in 2015.