Evangeline Soucie Crowned SEC Freshman of the Week

LEXINGTON, Ky. – After recording her first
clean sheet and first career win in a three-day stretch over the weekend,
Kentucky women’s soccer goalkeeper Evangeline Soucie was named the Southeastern
Conference Freshman of the Week on Tuesday by the league office.

Soucie helped guide the Wildcats into the
annual “Battle of the Bluegrass” on Friday night, making a career high six
saves in a 3-1 win over the Louisville Cardinals for UK’s sixth consecutive win
in the series. Soucie made two spectacular diving stop to keep the game level
at 1-1 in the first half, and preserve a 2-1 lead late in the second half off
of a UL corner kick.

On Sunday, after picking up her first career
win at Louisville on Friday, she made four saves en route to her first shutout
as a Wildcat as Kentucky shut out High Point, 3-0, at the Bell Soccer Complex.

Soucie is now at a 1.53 GAA in her 470 minutes
in net on the season with 17 saves made and eight goals allowed. The Milford,
N.J., native has led Kentucky to a 2-2-1 record as SEC play begins this week
for the Wildcats.

Kentucky will stay in the Bluegrass State for
the week and welcome in the No. 5 Florida Gators to the Bell Soccer Complex on Thursday
night for a nationally-televised match as the SEC Network kicks off its
unprecedented coverage of women’s college soccer. Jenn Hildreth and former
Olympic gold medalist Heather Mitts will have the call from Lexington.

The first 250 fans into the Bell Soccer
Complex on Thursday night will receive UK Women’s Soccer Thunderstix.

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