SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State soccer team (7-5-2, 3-2-1 Sun Belt) plays its final Sun Belt Conference road matches this weekend in the Palmetto and Peach States. Friday sees the Bobcats take on Coastal Carolina (5-7-2, 3-3-1 Sun Belt) at 5 p.m. CT at the CCU Soccer Stadium. TXST concludes the road trip on Sunday against Georgia State (4-8-2, 1-4-1 Sun Belt) at the GSU Soccer Complex with kickoff scheduled for 12 p.m. CT.
 
Live stats will be available for both matches while a video stream will be provided just for Friday's contest in Conway, South Carolina.
 
Last Weekend: The Bobcats recorded its third straight shutout and win with a 1-0 victory over Louisiana last Friday. Mackenzie Smith scored the lone goal of the match off a rebound from Kaylee Davis' initial shot in the 26th minute.
 
The defense forced the Ragin' Cajuns into long shots that never threatened Heather Martin between the posts. She recorded a season-high seven saves in the contest for her 20th career shutout, tied for the 11th most in Sun Belt history.
 
#Goals2Cure: The 2019 season sees head coach Kat Conner and the Texas State soccer team raise money for the fight against ovarian cancer through the Goals2Cure initiative. Goals2Cure is a charitable initiative whose mission is to promote ovarian cancer awareness and to raise funds in support of women fighting ovarian cancer.
 
The Bobcats are collecting pledges for each goal scored this season with donations going directly to benefit the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition. The link to donate is www.pledgeit.org/goals2cure2019.
 
Scouting Coastal Carolina: CCU split its two matches last weekend at home with a win over Georgia State (2-0) before dropping a double overtime heartbreaker to South Alabama (3-2). The Chanticleers other two conference wins have been against Appalachian State (1-0) and Troy (2-1), both at home. CCU is 3-3-1 at home this season with all three victories being against conference foes.
 
Sunneva Sigurvinsdottir leads the team with six goals and 12 points while taking 27 shots and placing 14 on goal. Hannah Miller enters Friday with five goals and one assist for 11 points. She ranks second in the conference with 48 shot attempts while putting 14 on frame.
 
Finding the back of the net twice this season has been Megan Brouse and Gabby Smychynsky.
 
Credited with a team-high two assists are Mackenzie Cherry, Lauren Denning, Mackenzie Gibbs and Brouse. Gibbs comes in second on the squad with 30 shots but has only placed six of them on goal.
 
Between the posts, Rylee Atteberry has started 10 matches. The junior has surrendered 20 goals for a 2.03 GAA while making 36 saves for a .643 save percentage. Ky Hudson has made six appearances with four starts and enters with a 1.27 GAA and a .647 save percentage with 11 stops.
 
All-Time vs. Chanticleers: Coastal Carolina leads the all-time series 3-1-0 over Texas State. The Chanticleers won the first three meetings before the Bobcats got their breakthrough win on Senior Day last year. TXST won 1-0 on a 64th minute Davis goal that clinched the Sun Belt regular season championship for the Bobcats.
 
CCU's last victory was on Nov. 1, 2017 in the first round of the conference tournament. The Chanticleers came away with a 2-1 double overtime win and would advance all the way to the championship match for the second straight year.
 
The only previous meeting in Conway came on Sept. 17, 2017. CCU's Kayla Christian scored the lone goal of the 1-0 match exactly 10 minutes into the contest.
 
Scouting Georgia State: Georgia State lost two 2-0 matches last weekend on the road at Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern. The Panthers' lone conference win this season was the opener against Little Rock (1-0), and the draw was a scoreless contest against Arkansas State. They are 3-2-1 when playing at home this season with both positive Sun Belt results being in Atlanta.
 
Jimena Cabreo paces the team with three goals, six points, 22 shots and 15 shots on goal. All three of her scores have been match-winners. She also has GSU's lone goal during conference play.
 
Both Liz Fogarty and Jocelyn Jones have netted two goals apiece. Credited with two assists are Hannah Davis and Jolle Ryff.
 
An All-Sun Belt Preseason selection, Brooke Shank is second on the team with 19 shots but has yet to find the back of the net.
 
Kendra Clarke has played in nine matches in goal. She enters with a 1.29 GAA with 12 goals surrendered and a .721 save percentage with 31 stops. The Cleveland State transfer has recorded two of the Panthers' three shutouts on the year.
 
Ashley Triplett has made five appearances between the posts and sports a 2.94 GAA and a .522 save percentage with 12 saves. Allie Strunk enters with a 2.67 GAA and .429 save percentage with three saves in two matches.
 
All-Time vs. Panthers: Texas State leads the all-time series 5-2-1 over Georgia State and is undefeated in the last three meetings. Last season saw the teams play to a 1-1 draw in San Marcos. Davis scored the tying goal late in the 82nd minute on a penalty kick while the Panthers' lone tally was on own goal by TXST.
 
The Bobcats are 1-2-0 all-time when playing GSU on the road. TXST won the last meeting in Atlanta on Sept. 15, 2017 by a 3-1 score. That day saw Davis net the final two goals with the first coming from Rachel Grout off a corner kick.
 
Nov. 4, 2015 was the last time the Panthers beat Texas State. That came in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament that GSU was hosting and ended with a 2-1 score.
 
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