THE EAGLES
The second-ranked Embry-Riddle women's soccer team is 9-1 on the year and are riding a four-game winning streak since suffering their only loss to fourth-ranked William Carey on Sept. 12. At 4-0 in Sun Conference play, the Eagles sit atop the league's North Division standings.

Last weekend, the Eagles successfully defended their home field with a pair of shutouts as they best Ave Maria 6-0 and Southeastern 3-0.

Andrea Frøshaug continues to pace the Eagles offensively as her team-high 10 goals and two assists has her at 22 points on the year. Isabelle Haaranen is second with 20 points on eight goals and four assists, while Katherine Ebbs continues to lead in the assist category with five.

The five-member freshman class has come up big for the Blue and Gold, accounting for 15 goals and 12 assists so far this season. The newcomers are led by Annie Gelnaw's five scores and Julia Karlernäs' four assists.


THE BEES
Rebecca Gunn is in her first full season as the head coach of the SCAD Savannah women's soccer team. Gunn took over the program in November 2013 and has guided her team to a 6-5 record so far in 2014, including a 3-1 mark in league play. The Bees last took the field on Oct. 4 and came away with a 2-0 win over South Carolina Beaufort in conference action.
 
With six goals, Olivia Buechler is leading a SCAD offense that has totaled 21 goals on the year. Kelly McKay has scored four times, while Ryanne Frazier and Alexandria Weinberg have three goals apiece.
Sara Hall is anchoring a SCAD defense that ranks 27^th nationally with five team shutouts. Hall has 41 saves and a 1.340 goals against average in 11 appearances.


THE SERIES
Embry-Riddle and SCAD Savannah have faced each other 20 times in women's soccer. The Bees hold a 9-8-3 edge in the series, but the Eagles have won each of the last five meetings, including a pair of victories in 2013.

The Last Time They Met
The last meeting between the Embry-Riddle and SCAD Savannah women's soccer teams came on Nov. 9, 2013 in the semifinals of The Sun Conference Tournament. The game began quietly as neither team could find much rhythm with the ball, but the Eagles were able to get some solid shots off beginning at the 10-minute mark. Martine Olsen was able to get a header on frame that Ande Eich saved, and a few moments later Valerie Obita's header was similarly saved by Eich to keep the match knotted at 0-0.

In the 40th minute, Eich came out of her box to clear a ball that no SCAD defender could get to, but her clerance was gathered up by Kristin Sverrisdottir just past midfield and the sophomore took a few dribbles into space and drilled a 35-yard shot into the upper-right corner of the Bees' goal as Eich was racing back to protect her net.
ERAU wasted no time in increasing its lead coming out of the halftime break. Sverrisdottir's cross went untouched across the length of the goal to where Isabelle Haaranen was waiting to put the ball away for her eighth score of the year.

SCAD's best chance of the contest came in the 67th minute when Meadhbh Deeney hit the crossbar from 25 yards out that led to a corner, but the Eagles were able to clear the ball from danger.
The Eagles put the game away in the 89th minute when Sverrisdottir and Haaranen teamed up for the second time in the match. Sverrisdottir's cross traveled 40 yards across the field to a sprinting Haaranen who beat Eich for the 3-0 Embry-Riddle advantage.

The Eagles outshot the Bees 13-12 and 7-6 SOG, while SCAD committed 13 fouls to the Eagles' 11.

MOVING UP
The ERAU women continued their climb in the national rankings. The Eagles, who started the season as the sixth-ranked team in the nation, moved up two more spots from fourth to No. 2 according to the latest NAIA Women's Soccer Coaches' Top 25 poll, which was released on Tuesday.

The Eagles collected 557 points and one first-place vote to earn their highest ranking since being No. 1 in Oct. 2013. Cumberland (Tenn.) is in the top spot for the first time this season as the Bulldogs' 11-0-1 record helped them to 591 points and 20 of the 21 first-place votes.


AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
The Embry-Riddle women's soccer team currently stands as one of the most prolific offensive teams in the NAIA. The Eagles are second in the nation in total goals (48) and goals per game (4.8), and rank in the top 10 nationally in assists per game (4th, 3.6), total assists (4th, 36) and shots on goal per game (8th, 12.3).

Individually, Andrea Frøshaug ranks 14th in goals per contest (1.11), while Isabelle Haaranen is 20th in game-winners (3).


CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Senior Katherine Ebbs and junior Olivia Lynch are steadily moving up on a few of the Eagles' career listings. Ebbs, who leads the 2014 squad with five assists on the year, is now sixth all-time in the Eagles' assists list with a career total of 26. Lynch's two shutouts this season have moved her into the No. 5 spot with 11 for her career, while her 8-1 record places her in fourth in career wins with 23.


BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
Friday's game marks the second time that ERAU Women's Soccer is hosting Breast Cancer Awareness Night. The event is presented by Embry-Riddle's Women's Ambassador Program. led by former ERAU women's golf standout Pia Jenko. The Women's Ambassador Program will be selling Breast Cancer Awareness soccer t-shirts for $7 and all proceeds will benefit cancer research.

ERAU WOMEN'S SOCCER BY THE NUMBERS
201 - All-time wins by Embry-Riddle
110 - Wins in conference play
102 - Wins by eighth-year Head Coach Samantha Bohon
17 - Seasons of Embry-Riddle Women's Soccer
13 - NAIA National Tournament Appearances
9 - Home contests for the Eagles this season, including four TSC games
3 - NAIA National Quarterfinal Appearances
2 - Current rank for ERAU Women's Soccer in NAIA Preseason Top 25 poll