BUIES CREEK — Campbell women's soccer begins a three-game home stretch on Thursday night against Queens at Eakes Athletics Complex. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. and the match will not be streamed.
The Camels then host NC State on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. Promotions for the match include Creek Chaos (thunderstick giveaway) and an orange out.
Game information vs. Queens
DATE: Thursday, Sept. 3 | 7 PM
WHERE: Eakes Athletics Complex | BUIES CREEK
WATCH: NO STREAM
LIVE STATS
SERIES HISTORY (vs. Queens)
- Thursday's match marks just the second all-time meeting between the two programs.
- The two squads met last season in the season opener playing to a 0-0 draw.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
- Queens comes into Thursday's match with a 0-3-1 overall record.
- The Royals have allowed 11 goals over its first four games.
- McKayla Budion and Tamia Ford pace the Royals each scoring a goal. Bunion leads the squad with four shots. Grace Acevedo leads the team with an assist.
- The Royals were picked to finish sixth in the Atlantic Sun Conference preseason coaches poll.
Game information (NC State)
DATE: Sunday, Sept. 6 | 7 PM
WHERE: Eakes Athletics Complex | Buies Creek
WATCH: FloCollege | FloSports on Prime Video
LIVE STATS
SERIES HISTORY
- Sunday's matchup marks the 20th all-time meeting between the two programs.
- NC State leads the overall series 16-1-2.
- Campbell took its lone matchup with a 2-1 win during the 2024 season.
A WIN WOULD... (on Thursday)
- Be the third win of the season.
- Be the 290th win in program history
- Be Jeff Gross' 28th victory as head coach at Campbell.
- Be just the second all-time win over the Wolfpack.
2025 SEASON RECAP
- Campbell finished the season with a 4-7-5 overall record and 2-4-3 in the CAA.
RETURN OF THE OFFENSE
- Campbell returns 100% of its scoring from a season ago, including leading scorer junior Ava Kanaar.
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
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- Freshman forward Laney Heafner scored her first collegiate goal against App State on August 16.
- She is second on the team with 11 shots with five on goal for a .455 shot-on-goal percentage.
FORWARD MOMENTUM
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- Forward Ava Kanaar looks to continue leading the Camels front after posting a team-high four goals last season.
- In the 82 minute of the season opener, Kanaar picked up where she left off last season by registering her first goal of the season.
- Kanaar finished the season scoring a goal in the three of the final four matches. She led the squad with 10 points, four goals, and is second on the team in total shots (17) and shots on goal (11) in 2025.
FEPESSI FILES
- Zahra Fepessi was tabbed third-team All-CAA during the 2025 season.
- The junior appeared in 10 games for the Camels making five starts.
- Fepessi finished second on the team with three goals and registered 535 minutes played.
- The Sanford native scored her first collegiate goal against Stony Brook on Sept. 18 and tied for third on the team with six points on the season.
CLEAN SHEETS
- Senior goalkeeper Anais van Doesburg looks to continue her success in goal for the Camels in her final season. Last season, van Doesburg posted back-to-back shutouts to open the season. The last time the Camels posted back-to-back shutouts to open the season was in 2011. van Doesburg finished with three shutouts last season.
- For the second consecutive season, van Doesburg earned the start in goal and registered a shutout.
- van Doesburg now has five shutouts as a Camel.
WHAT THE POLLS SAY
- Campbell was picked to finish fifth in the South division with 27 total points. Elon was picked to finish first in the division with eight first place votes followed by UNCW (56) who finished with four first place votes and William & Mary (44). Charleston (41) was picked to finish fourth ahead of the Camels (27) and Hampton (16) rounded out the division.
LEADING THE WAY
- Head Coach Jeff Gross (UMBC '91) enters his fifth season at Campbell and as a head coach. Gross spent the previous eight seasons, including the last two as associate head coach, on the staff at UNC Greensboro. While at UNCG, Gross helped guide the Spartans to back-to-back Southern Conference championships and NCAA College Cup appearances in 2017 and 2018. Gross took over a program that is coming off consecutive trips to the Big South Conference championship game as well as an appearance in the 2020-21 NCAA tournament.
NEWCOMERS IN THE CREEK
RETURNING TALENT
- Midfielder Abby Connolly returns to the pitch this season to lead the Camels after leading the team with five assists last season. She finished third on the team in minutes played (1,030) and second on the team with seven points. Connolly led the Camels with 26 shots with 12 on goal. Kira Moore, Sadie Badgett, Abygaelle Normand, and Caitlyn Boucher look to anchor the back line with the departure of Natalie Jamison.
