Salem at Brevard| Wednesday, October 19th | 6:00 p.m.
Ives-Lemel Family Field | Brevard, N.C.

LAST TIME OUT
William Peace took advantage of one goal in each half, along with five saves by goalkeeper Makenzie Jones, to earn a 2-0 win over Salem in USA South Conference soccer on Saturday, October 15th at WakeMed Soccer Park.

Victoria Finklea converted her fifth goal of the slate, following a series of passes by Kyra Delaney and Raine Greene, to provide the Pacers with a 1-0 advantage just under two minutes into the match. That was one of five shots by William Peace in the frame.

Teammate Baylee Womack drove home the second half goal in the 48th-minute, following Delaney's second assist of the match, to extend the lead to 2-0 for the Pacers. William Peace closed out the half with seven shots against the Spirits.

Salem's offense attempted eight shots over the course of the afternoon, including five shots on goal. Four of those shots came from Olivia Nivens, who had three shots on goal in the match. Darilyn Nieto attempted three shots in the match, including one shot on goal.

Defensively, goalkeeper Alexcina Wartski suffered her first career setback in net, surrendering both shot attempts by the Pacers.

A quartet of players had two shots for the William Peace offense, including Delaney, Womack, Greene and Finklea. Jones earned the win between the pipes by virtue of making five saves in the match.

SERIES BREAKDOWN
Wednesday marks just the third all-time meeting between Salem and Brevard and second in Western North Carolina. The overall series is tied at 1-1-0.

Brevard posted a 2-1 victory in the first-ever clash between the two programs on September 18, 2018, but Salem answered the following year with a 1-0 victory of its own.

In that most recent clash, on September 17, 2019, Salem's Hannah Wagner stopped all three shots on goal and Ellie Montes came through with the game-winning score as Salem earned a 1-0 victory at Brevard.

It marked the first shutout of the season for the Spirits as Wagner, who logged all 90 minutes in net for Salem, faced six shots (three shots on goal) over the duration of the contest. Salem held a decisive advantage in total shots (18-6) as well as corner kicks (7-1).

Offensively, Montes led the way with six shots, while Baylee Greenwood and Kim Sephaphathi added three each. Kylie Clark and Alyssa Dentkovich also recorded two shots each in the victory.

Montes scored the lone goal of the match at the 6:17 mark of the first period when the ball deflected off the Brevard defender and was sent to the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. The Tornado offense would manage only one shot in the opening half.

NIETO CONTINUES TO IMPRESS
With her second half goal against Southern Virginia on Wednesday afternoon, Salem first-year standout Darilyn Nieto netted her 12th goal of the season.

Nieto broke a tie with Brooke Bukas (2014) for fourth-most goals by a Salem rookie and now sets her sights on Maddie Crumpton, who has third-most goals with 13. The program record for most goals by a Salem first-year player is shared by Alexi Saganich and Tarryn Johnson.

Salem All-Time First Year Goal Scoring Leaders

SALEM'S STATISTICAL LEADERS
Salem goes in search of its fourth road win of the season and second USA South Conference win when it heads to Brevard on Wednesday.

The Spirits claimed their first road win of the season in Norfolk, Va., against Regent, in the season opener by a 9-0 margin. Salem closed out the month of September with a 4-1 victory over Agnes Scott, earning its second road win of the slate.

The third victory on the road came against Mary Baldwin (1-0) when Nieto drove home her third game-winning goal of the season in the 87th-minute, following a pass from Alyson Gammons, resulting in the first USA South Conference win of the season for the Spirits.

Nieto, who leads the Spirits with 12 goals on the season, has netted two goals in league play, both resulting in team highs. Linden is second in total goals on the season (five), netting one in USA South action, which ties her alongside Olivia Nivens for second-most conference goals by a Spirit.

Alyson Gammons, who is tied with Nivens in assists on the season with three, is responsible for the lone assist in conference action for Salem.

Jordan Tomberlin leads Salem in saves on the season (58) and in USA South play (17), which has resulted in a combined 4-5-1 mark on the slate. Alexcina Wartski, who earned the starting nod against William Peace, has made five saves in USA South Conference action for Salem in 2022 and 13 saves for the season.

BREAKING DOWN BREVARD
The Tornados enter the week with a 7-4-4 overall record and a 0-2-3 mark in USA South play.

Brevard has defended Ives-Lemel Family Field this season with a 4-2-2 record by claiming three shutout wins in September against the trio of Warren Wilson (4-0), Allen (6-0) and Carlow (2-0) after a decisive 5-0 setback in the season opener against Guilford.

Two of their three ties also came at home, which came in clashes with Greensboro (1-1) and Southern Virginia (1-1). The most recent home victory came against the Mississippi University for Women (1-0) on October 13th, before a 2-0 setback to Methodist in their last home match two days later.

Abby Mayer leads all Brevard scorers with 11 goals and 24 points, which comes by virtue of two assists. Mayer has three hat tricks on the season, which came against Warren Wilson, Allen and Berea. Both Grace Black and Emma White are tied for second in goals scored with five, while Taylor Richardson has three for the Tornados.

The tandem of Mackenzie Lozano and Nicole Arroyo have combined for 51 saves in net for Brevard this season. Lozano leads the way with 29 saves, resulting in a .744 save percentage and a 4-2-2 mark in net.