PRAIRIE VIEW – The Prairie View A&M soccer team is set to open the 2021 spring campaign with home dates versus Incarnate Word. The Lady Panthers face UIW Friday evening for Student and Fan Appreciation night.

Seating will be limited to 25 percent capacity inside the PVAMU Soccer Complex, and masks will be required for attendees.

"The preparation has been different, but we're so excited to finally get started and get this game in," PVAMU Head Soccer Coach Sonia Curvelo said. "We looking to see where we are right now, but the way we look at it is that nothing is guaranteed. Everything is about getting one step closer to another championship, and only two teams in the SWAC have ever gone back-to-back. I think we have what it takes to do it. Every player matters, and every player has to be ready."

PVAMU/UIW Match Info:
Date/Time: Feb. 5, 7 p.m.
Site: PVAMU Soccer Complex
Coverage: WATCH/LIVE STATS
Last Meeting: UIW won 3-0 (Sept. 6, 2019)

PVAMU News and Notes:
- PVAMU enters the season as the preseason favorite in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, having earned a league-high six selections to the preseason all-conference teams: Quinn Josiah, D'Sayne Nugent, JoJo Bernal, Ashley Chala, Lesa Griffin, and Kalia Brown. Josiah and Nugent were named the SWAC's Preseason Goalkeeper and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively.

- The Lady Panthers return several contributors from one of the most dominant single-season efforts by a SWAC team. PVAMU set single-season program records for wins (13), conference wins (9) and shutout wins (10) during their run to the 2019 conference tournament championship.
- Prairie View A&M has won three of their last five versus the Cardinals and are 2-0 against UIW at home.

Scouting the Cardinals:
- UIW went 8-10-1 in 2019, earning the first Southland Conference Tournament berth in program history. Leading the Cardinals offense is preseason All-Southland selection Keeley Ayala, who led the team with 13 goals and 28 total points in 2019. In goal, the Panthers will have to get past Cailey Croson, who posted a 1.17 goals against average while making 70 saves in the prior campaign.

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