No. 13 Soccer Hosts Tennessee on Friday Night

QUICK KICKS

• Ole Miss shutout Florida and Auburn, 1-0, to stay undefeated and at the top of the SEC standings.

• Ole Miss’ 9-0-2 record to begin the season is the best 11 game start in school history, according to win percentage.

• The Rebels won their first three SEC games of the season for the first time in the program’s history.

• The Rebels host Tennessee on Friday for their lone game of the weekend. The match is set to start at 7 p.m. CT.

• Ole Miss is down in the all-time series against Tennessee with a 4-17-2 record. The teams will meet in Ole Miss for the third time in a row.

• Taylor Radecki’s eight assists set a career season high and has her second in the nation behind Alabama’s Felicia Knox. Radecki’s 0.73 assists per game is top-10 in the nation.

• Senior Ashley Orkus tallied her seventh and eighth shutouts this past week. The eight shutouts are a career season high.

• Orkus moved into second place on Ole Miss’ all-time saves and wins list with 282 saves and keeper wins with 41.

• Ole Miss ranks first in the nation in goals against average of 0.273 and top-5 in shutout and save percentage.

• Ole Miss remain steady at 13th in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll. The Rebels are in the top-10 on TopDrawerSoccer.com and College Soccer News.

SCOUTING TENNESSEE

After coaching as an assistant on the Tennessee sideline since 2007, Joe Kirt started his first season as the head coach of the Lady Vols. During his 15 seasons as an assistant coach, Kirt helped guide Tennessee to two SEC Tournament championships, two SEC Eastern Division championships and seven NCAA Tournament appearances.

He and the Lady Vols are off to a great start with a 6-3-1 record and 2-1 SEC record. Tennessee defeated Florida and Kentucky but dropped a game to No. 6 Alabama. The Lady Vols have taken on four ranked opponents, including, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Alabama and No. 24 Southern Methodist University. They will face another ranked team in Ole Miss on Friday.

The Tennessee offense is impressive, scoring a total of 33 goals in 10 games. The Lady Vols are ranked fifth in total goals and fourth in scoring offense. The offensive scoring is led by redshirt junior forward Jaida Thomas, compiling nine goals and two assists. Thomas has two braces in wins over Bowling Green and Kennesaw State….