INSIDE THE MATCHUP

• The Lancers face off against UNC Asheville in their last regular-season game of the 2025 season Saturday afternoon
• Longwood enters the match 7-7-2 overall, 4-3 in the Big South, after a 5-2 win on the road against Charleston Southern Saturday afternoon
• UNC Asheville enters the match 5-7-3 overall and 1-3-2 in the Big South after a 2-0 loss on the road against High Point late Saturday afternoon

MATCHUP HISTORY

• This will be the 16^th meeting between the two teams
• Longwood leads the overall record 11-2-2 after a 1-0 win at home last season
• Both teams first met back in 2005 and have met every season since 2012
• The Lancers won their first eight meetings against the Bulldogs, with games in 2005 and 2006 and every season from 2012 to 2017

SCOUTING UNC ASHEVILLE

• UNC Asheville finished 4-12-1 overall and 2-4-0 in conference play last season
• Forward Lilly Graumann earned Big South Freshman of the week in early September, and midfielder Akari Kishida earned Big South Offensive Player of the week earlier this month
• Kishida leads the Bulldogs with four goals this season and eight points
• UNC Asheville is currently eighth in the Big South, above Presbyterian, with five points

LAST TIME OUT

• Longwood won 5-2 on the road against Charleston Southern on Saturday afternoon
• The Lancers had five unanswered goals, three in the first half and two in the second
• Five different players scored, including Sam Fischer, Madison Fitzpatrick, Sunny Ferren, Peyton Curney, and Claire Schultz
• Remi Siner and Harper Morrison had their first collegiate assists
• Ferren scored her first collegiate goal, which was a game winner

IN THE BIG SOUTH

• The Lancers are tied for first in shots with 200 so far this season
• Longwood is also tied for first in goals with 23 on the season
• The Lancers are second in the Big South for assists with 20 so far, closely following Radford with 21
• Sam Fischer is tied for first in goals with seven so far
• Fischer is also tied for first for game-winning goals with three this season

WITH A RESULT…

• With a win, the Lancers will either finish third or fourth in the conference, depending on the results of final two games for Gardner-Webb, meaning Longwood will host a Big South playoff match in Farmville
• With a draw, Longwood will finish with 13 points, with the result guaranteeing a spot in the conference playoffs but still much to be determined in the way of seeding by way of tiebreakers, potentially

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