TROY, Ala. - Troy soccer returns to the Troy Soccer Complex on Saturday, where the Trojans will look to pick up their first win of the Sun Belt slate against Coastal Carolina.
Due to forecasted weather, kickoff is slated for 12 p.m., moved up from the original 5 p.m. start time.
Troy (1-8-2, 0-3-0 SBC) is aiming to get back in the win column after starting conference play with three consecutive defeats. The Trojans were defeated by Louisiana, 5-0, last Sunday.
Coastal Carolina (6-4-2, 0-2-1 SBC) will also be looking for its first conference win on Saturday. The Chanticleers most recently fell to Georgia Southern, 4-1. Olivia Goretski scored Coastal's lone goal, her team-leading fifth of the season.
Saturday's match is a rare Saturday contest for Troy soccer. It will mark just the sixth Saturday match for the Trojans since the 2007 season, when Troy last won on a Saturday against Nicholls.
Scouting Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina enters Saturday with a 6-4-2 record and is 0-2-1 in Sun Belt play. Olivia Goretski is the Chanticleers' leading goal scorer with five goals while Aris Lamanna has started 12 matches in net, tallying 49 saves. Coastal Carolina is second in the conference and 55th overall in shutout percentage, shutting out its opponents in 50 percent of matches.
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