Week 11
ASUN Championship Semifinals
at Lipscomb
Date: Nov. 3
Kickoff: 8 p.m. (ET)
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Stadium: Lipscomb Soccer Complex
Series: Kennesaw State leads, 11-4 
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Game Preview
The Kennesaw State women's soccer team will be in search of its first trip to the ASUN Conference Championship since 2014 when it travels to Nashville to take on Lipscomb in a semifinal match on Friday. Kickoff is 8 p.m. (ET) and the match will be available on ESPN3.
 
Kennesaw State in ASUN Championship
The Owls have a 9-7-2 all-time record in the ASUN Championship and captured titles in 2007 and 2009. KSU has reached the semifinals nine times, the finals on three occasions, and last reached the championship match in 2014.
 
Quoting Head Coach Benji Walton
"It's very difficult to beat a team twice in one season," head coach Benji Walton said. "They have had a week off and the last game they played was against us so they were probably hoping for a rematch. We are going to have to go in there and be ready. They are going to come out with a lot of emotion and excitement. It is the semifinals with a trip to the finals on the line for both teams. We have to prepare ourselves to go in there and match that. If we don't, we can make it very difficult on ourselves. We know we have our work cut out for us. We are just going to prepare the best we can and see what we can do."
 
Week in Review
Senior Carly Pressgrove converted the decisive kick to lift Kennesaw State to a 4-3 shootout victory over North Florida in the ASUN Conference Championship quarterfinals Sunday at Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The two teams played to a 0-0 tie through 110 minutes.
 
KSU goalkeeper Tiffany Sornpao set the tone in the penalty kick period. She turned back UNF's first attempt and the Owls followed with three made kicks. With the score tied 3-3, Pressgrove, who was up to the challenge, beating Conelley for a score that set off a mass celebration by the Owls.
 
Scouting Lipscomb
The Bisons (8-6-3) finished the regular-season as ASUN Conference co-champions. Lipscomb had three players named to the first team all-conference team, including Ellen Lundy, who was selected conference Player of the Year. She finished the regular season tied for sixth in points (14) and tied for third in goals (7).
 
Series Versus Lipscomb
Kennesaw State leads the all-time series, 11-4. The Owls have won six of the last seven meetings, including a 1-0 victory earlier this season in Nashville.
 
ASUN Conference Honors
Senior defender Abby Roth led a group of three Kennesaw State individuals who earned ASUN All-Conference honors. Roth was named first team all-conference, while senior midfielder Ashtah Das was selected to the second team and goalkeeper Tiffany Sornpao was a unanimous pick to the all-freshman team.
 
Roth also garnered ASUN Conference All-Academic Team honors for the second year in row.
 
Kennesaw State Team Notes
• The Owls have five players with multiple goals. Ashtah Das tops the team with four, while Isabella Contreras and Abby Roth have three apiece. Erin Harris, Ida Hepsoe and Carly Pressgrove have two goals each.
• Senior Ashtah Das tops the Owls with 10 Points (4 goals, 2 assists).
• Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Tiffany Sornpao is tied for second in the ASUN with seven shutouts, and fourth in goals-against average (1.06) and save percentage (.806).
 
Next Up
The winner of Friday's match advances to the ASUN championship match to meet either Florida Gulf Coast or Jacksonville on Sunday in a contest scheduled for 2 p.m. (ET).
 
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.
 
 

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