Trojans Head to UAPB for Tuesday Afternoon Contest

Game 5: Little Rock at UAPB
Date	Tuesday, August 28
Time	3 p.m.
Location	Little Rock, Ark.
Stadium	UAPB Soccer Field
Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – Fresh off two weekend victories, the Little Rock soccer team is ready to get its road week started on Tuesday as it travels to nearby UAPB for a 3 p.m. game.
 
Little Rock has plenty of momentum behind it, as the team defeated Missouri State and Memphis on Friday and Sunday, respectively, by identical scores of 2-0. The Trojans scored three of its four goals on headers and had three of its four goals scored by players getting their first career tallies.
 
Fali Garuba and Talia Graves scored on headers at Missouri State, Harrison Hayworth scored on a penalty kick against Memphis and Hali Long struck off another header against the Tigers on Sunday night.
 
The Trojans also played excellent defense over the weekend as goalie Sara Small got two shutouts and stopped all nine shots she faced to take over the Trojans' career lead in goals against average and save percentage. The Trojan defense had to fight off a feisty Memphis attack in the second half on Sunday but forced the Tigers into taking bad-angle shots or attempts from far away.
 
Little Rock has used more than two-thirds of its roster through four games, as 17 different players have started and 21 have seen game action. Tuesday's game against UAPB may be another opportunity for new faces to see action if substitution patterns from recent games against the Golden Lions come to pass this time. The Trojans have used just under 20 players per game against UAPB over the last three years.
 
This year's UAPB squad comes into Tuesday's game 0-2 after losing to Oral Roberts and Central Arkansas on the road to open their year. The Trojans have defeated the Golden Lions in their last five meetings and is 7-1 lifetime against UAPB.
 
KICK OFF

• The Trojans' offense and defense both clicked this weekend as the team defeated Missouri State and Memphis by 2-0 scores.
• Harrison Hayworth got a goal and an assist in the win against Memphis on Sunday including a penalty-kick goal and an assist direct off a corner kick.
• The Trojans had four different goal scorers this weekend.
• Hayworth, Hali Long and Talia Graves all scored their first career goals over the weekend.
• Sara Small earned consecutive shutouts by combining for nine saves in the team's two games.
• Five players saw all 180 minutes of action this weekend: Hali Long, Nora Hellmers, Lisa Ryan, Mikayla Uyokpeyi and Sara Small.
• Little Rock is on a five-game winning streak against UAPB.