BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Riding two-straight wins, No. 4 seeded Campbell takes on No. 1 seeded Radford on Friday, November 2 with kickoff set for 4:00 p.m. The match marks the fifth straight season the Camels have appeared in the Big South Conference Tournament Semifinals.
The match can be streamed live on ESPN+. You can follow along through live stats or on twitter- @GoCamelsWSOC
LAST TIME OUT: Campbell claimed its fifth straight Big South quarterfinal win with a 2-1 decision over Charleston Southern to sweep the Buccaneers on the season ... Alexa Genas netted the game winner in the 81st minute when she gathered a failed clearance off a corner and fired through traffic to the bottom right corner for the score ... In the 19th minute, Sidney Doherty opened the scoring line after Peyton Motley played a through ball to Doherty who finished over a diving Erin Scott ... Rosie O'Neal netted the equalizer in the 39th minute off a rebound after McKenna de Graaf fired off a shot that was saved by Jazmin Gonzalez ...
FIVE STRAIGHT SEMIFINALS: Campbell is making its fifth straight semifinals appearance after its 2-1 win over Charleston So. and the second consecutive appearance under second year head coach Samar Azem ... The five-year streak marks the longest in school history and is the longest and only other consecutive semifinal streak since 2004-2005 when Campbell was an Atlantic Sun Conference member ... Campbell went on the win the A-Sun title in 1993 winning in penalty kicks 3-1 before falling in the title game in 2005 to Florida Atlantic 2-0 ...
FINAL PUSH: Campbell claimed two of its final three matches to pick up six key points in the Big South standings to clinch a quarterfinal host opportunity ... Over the stretch, Campbell netted 10 goals including two 4-0 wins over Hampton and USC Upstate with their sole loss coming to Gardner-Webb, 2-1 ... Alexa Genas netted exactly half of the goals over the span with five ...
ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES: Four separate Campbell players were named to Big South All-Conference Teams ... Alexa Genas was named First Team All-Conference while Anna Brantley received Honorable Mention All-Conference ... Jessica Donald was named the All-Freshman Team and Callie Beckwith rounded out the group by being named to the All-Academic Team ... Genas led the team in goals (8) and points (17) ... Brantley played every minute of conference play and finished with a goal and an assist on the season ... Jessica Donald netted two goals and dished out three assist for seven total points to rank second on the team ...
PLAYING A CLEAN GAME: Campbell has committed the second fewest fouls in the league with 109 and has only drawn two yellow cards on the season ...
GENAS- THE HAT TRICK MAGICIAN: Alexa Genas has now scored four hat tricks over her career after a three-goal performance at Hampton on Oct. 17 ... A season ago Alexa Genas tallied hat tricks against Western Carolina (9/15), Presbyterian (9/23) and UNC Asheville (9/30). Against Presbyterian a season ago, Genas netted four goals in a 4-1 win on the road ... Genas has continued her hot streak with six goals over the last four matches ...
CONSISTENT BACK LINE: Three different Camels have been staples on the back line for Campbell ... Anna Brantley is averaging 89.5 minutes per game (mpg) for the season and tallied 91.7 mpg in conference play ... Callie Beckwith averaged 87.7 mpg and 90.5 mpg in conference play ... Amanda Crecelius rounds out the group with 86.7 mpg and 87.1 mpg in conference play ... The trio combined to produce four shutouts in conference play to rank second in the Big South ...
PLAYING A CLEAN GAME: Campbell has committed the second fewest fouls in the league with 116 and has only drawn two yellow cards on the season which is the fewest in the Big South ...
BETWEEN THE PIPES: Erin Scott has been solid in goal for the Camels all season ... The senior from Dallas, TX has hauled in 76 saves on the year ... Over Campbell's four-match unbeaten streak earlier in the season, Scott allowed just two goals over 384 minutes of action ... Scott was also named the Big South Conference Defender of the Week on October 1. She totaled 11 saves on the week including a 10 save shutout against High Point ...
CONFERENCE PLAY SURGE: After dropping seven straight matches without a goal, Campbell strung together a four-match unbeaten streak to jump start conference play ... CU outscored its opponents 6-2 over the stretch including Erin Scott's 10 save shutout in a 0-0 draw against High Point ... After the seven matches without a goal, Campbell scored 14 goals over its last 10 matches for an average of 1.4 goals per game compared to its 0.5 mark over the first eight matches ..
FRESHMAN PRODUCTION: Rookie Jessica Donald has provided offensive power for the Camels ... Most recently, the New York native registered an assist for the opening goal against Hampton for her second of the season ... Donald scored the opening goal in a 2-1 win over Winthrop and later dished out an assist to Alexa Genas for the game winner ... Against CSU Donald scored her second goal in as many games ...
SCOUTING RADFORD: The 2018 Big South Coach of the Year, Ben Sohrabi, leads Radford who is currently riding a nine-match win streak dating back to September 26. Over the streak, the Highlanders have outscored their opponents 21-5 … Radford tabbed five Big South First Team honors, two second team, and three All-Freshman … Jasmine Casarez who leads the team in points (22) and goals (9) was named the Big South Attacking Player of the Year while Jessica Wollmann was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year …
CAMELS vs HIGHLANDERS: Campbell trails in the all-time series 7-8-1 after a 4-0 loss to the Highlanders in the conference opener for both squads (9/19) ... The past two seasons Campbell eliminated Radford from the Big South Conference Tournament ... Campbell topped Radford 2-0 both seasons in the quarterfinal round as a part of its five-year semifinal appearance streak ...
HEAD COACH SAMAR AZEM: Azem is in her second season at the helm of the Fighting Camels where she has produced a 17-17-3 record as the head coach ... Samar Azem was named head coach in July of 2017 after serving as an assistant coach for one year and an associate head coach for two seasons. An alumna of Campbell, Azem was a goalkeeper for the Camels women's soccer program from 2003-07 ... In Azem's first season, the Camels netted 40 goals for the second consecutive season, which led the Big South. CU also led the conference in goals per game (2.11), points (108) and corners (108) ... Prior to arriving at Campbell, Azem was the head coach at Anderson University for three seasons (2011-13) ... Prior to Anderson, Azem served as an assistant coach at Presbyterian for the 2010 season, where she primarily focused on goalkeeper training ... Azem also served as the top assistant at Mercer (2008-09) ... The Nigeria native began her coaching career as an assistant at Brevard College ... Azem graduated with a bachelor's degree in broadcasting and a minor in psychology from Campbell in 2007 and earned her master's degree in education from Mercer in 2010 ...
