CEDAR CITY, Utah - After a grueling seven-game road stretch to start the 2017 season, the Southern Utah University soccer team will host their first home match Sunday September 17th against Florida Atlantic University.

Previously On Thunderbird Soccer

The Thunderbirds earned their first win of the season last Friday with a 2-1 victory over the Nevada Wolf Pack. Jessica French gave the Thunderbirds an early lead with her first goal of the season and Meghan DeHerrera scored the game-winning goal in the 88th minute of play. Jahna Tacson and Ally Thimsen both picked up assists in the win.

Two days later the Thunderbirds were in Milwaukee to take on the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers where they fell 6-0 and moved to 1-6-0 on the season.

Scouting Report: Florida Atlantic Owls

The Owls will come into the weekend with a 4-3-1 record so far in 2017. This will be the third road trip for FAU after opening the season with four straight home matches. The team traveled to Michigan and North Carolina last weekend, and were able to come away with a 0-0 draw with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and a 2-1 win over the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.

Junior Ebba Blomqvist leads the offensive attack for the Owls, having scored three goals on nine shots so far this season. Redshirt junior Jennifer Ocampo is the mainstay in goal having started all eight games in 2017. She has given up just five total goals and has posted shutouts over Eastern Michigan, Valparaiso, and Oakland.

This will be the second meeting between the Thunderbirds and the Owls in program history. The first meeting came in 2016 and resulted in a 2-1 loss for Southern Utah.

Match Info

Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon at Thunderbird Soccer Field. A live stream of the match will be available on Pluto TV Channel 236. Links to Pluto TV and live stats are available at suutbirds.com.

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