BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb women's soccer team is back in action on Sunday evening, home at Greene-Harbison Stadium for the second of two home games this week to take on South Carolina State

GAME INFORMATION
Game 5: SC State (0-4-0) at Gardner-Webb (0-3-1)
Location: Greene-Harbison Stadium - Boiling Springs, N.C.
Kickoff: 6:00 pm
Video: ESPN Plus
Talent: Scott Berry
Most Recent Meeting: 2024 - Gardner-Webb 2, SC State 0 in Orangeburg
Series History: Gardner-Webb leads 11-1-0

GARDNER-WEBB NOTES

• The Runnin' Bulldogs are coming off a tight 2-1 loss against Wofford on Thursday night, with the Terriers scoring a second-half winner to cancel out the Gardner-Webb opener
• Junior forward Olivia Tribolet scored her first GWU goal at Queens, with a header off an assist by freshman forward Taryn Pekala who recorded her first collegiate assist
• Gardner-Webb played a total of 25 different players at Queens two weeks ago, including eight off the bench who saw at least 20 minutes of action
• Against Elon, four Runnin' Bulldogs came off the bench to play at least 20 minutes, with freshman midfielder Bailey Pottratz leading the way among all GWU subs with 41 minutes played
• Senior goalkeeper Savannah Dixon made eight saves for the Runnin' Bulldogs at Stetson, before then making four at Queens on Sunday, then a career high 10 at Elon. Dixon currently leads the Big South with 26 total saves, is top-20 nationally with 6.5 per contest and is the active Big South Defensive Player of The Week for her standout performance on August 24th at Elon
• Four players for GWU have played the full 90 minutes in every game this season including Dixon, sophomore defender Tanner Michael, senior midfielder Peyton Bryant and senior defender Camila Lezcano
• Dating back to the 2022 season, Lezcano is set to make her 62nd career appearance for the Runnin' Bulldogs on Sunday, the most appearances for the team
• Bryant meanwhile is due to make her 39th career appearance for the Runnin' Bulldogs while junior midfielder Lily Stegall will mark her 40th game for GWU
• Graduate forward Annie Slovak, who made her Gardner-Webb debut with 36 minutes as a substitute against Stetson has continued with significant minutes off the bench against Queens, Elon and Wofford, will mark her 67th collegiate game between Gardner-Webb and Liberty with action on Sunday
• SC State will be the second of eight home games for the Runnin' Bulldogs in 2025, but the last for nearly a month as GWU doesn't return to Greene-Harbison Stadium until September 24th against Presbyterian
• Freshman defender Sarah Birchall made her debut for Gardner-Webb on Sunday evening at Elon with 28 minutes off the bench the continued to play big minutes with 20 more against Wofford on Thursday night, all in the second half. The Brisbane, Australia native is one of 13 newcomers to have seen the field so far for the Runnin' Bulldogs this season

SERIES NOTES

• Gardner-Webb holds an 11-1 all-time record as an NCAA Division I school against SC State, including a pair of wins last season
• The Runnin' Bulldogs won the first NCAA Division I game of the Solberg era 4-0 against SC State on September 19th, 2024 then the first road game 2-0 on October 18th, 2024
• GWU scored one of its biggest wins in program history in the two team's first ever meeting in 2000, a 16-0 win for the Runnin' Bulldogs
• Gardner-Webb holds an overall aggregate score of 68-5 over the Bulldogs since the first D1 meeting in 2000
• SC State scored its only win in the series in 2013, a 2-0 Bulldogs win in Orangeburg
• The Runnin' Bulldogs have kept a clean sheet in four of the five previous meetings and and eight overall dating back the last 25 seasons