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CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Charleston Southern soccer team was originally scheduled to play University of South Carolina-Upstate at 4 p.m. today at Buccaneer Field. Recent weather in the area has made the field unplayable, and the game has been moved to Blackbaud Stadium with game time remaining at 4 p.m.

PREVIEW

CSUhas opened the 2009 campaign with a 2-0 record after taking down Georgia Southern 2-1 and Alabama State 14-0. This is the first time since 2006 the Lady Bucs have been able to win their first two games of the season. CSU will look to improve that record to 3-0 when they play host to University of South Carolina-Upstate at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Buccaneer Field.

The Spartans are 0-2 this year, having lost both games to Navy and Furman University by identical 3-0 scores.

USC-Upstate finished last year with a 3-16 mark, and a 1-10 record in the Atlantic Sun Conference. One of those three wins came Aug. 25 in a 2-1 victory over Charleston Southern.

The Spartans return three goal scorers from last season in Crystal Hackett (1g-2a=4p), Alyssa Roegner (1g-1a=3a) and Catherine Nolff (1g-0a=2a). Hackett assisted on the game-winning goal against the Buccaneers last season. Kelsey Shinn leads the team in shots through two games this year with four, and no other player has more than one.

The Spartans have used two goalkeepers this season, and they have both played a game each in net. Sian Jenkins and Brittany Daughtry are both 0-1 and have both allowed three goals. Daughtry has 14 saves and Jenkins has five.

The Buccaneers combat the Spartan attack with 16 goals through two games and a whole lot of offense.

Jen Vroman leads the way for CSU with four goals. Marky Boyce and Morgann Wood are both coming off hat-tricks against Alabama State, and they both have three goals this year. Vroman and Boyce are tied for the team lead with eight points, and Wood is right behind them with seven of her own.

Sarah Catenacci (2g-1a=5p) is the other Buc to have scored multiple goals.

Alyssa Budros has spent the most time in net for CSU, 135 minutes, and she has recorded both wins. Her goals against average stands at 0.67 and she has a .667 saves percentage.

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