October 31, 2025

Senior Day showdown for C-N with AU

The final month of the regular season begins as Carson-Newman (7-4-2, 3-3-2 SAC) welcomes Anderson (8-4-1, 5-3 SAC) to Mossy Creek for a Senior Day matchup tomorrow evening at 5:00 p.m.

Anderson (S.C.)

8-4-2, 5-3-1

Carson-Newman

7-4-3, 3-3-3

Final	1	2	T
Anderson (S.C.) (8-4-2, 5-3-1)	1	0	1
Carson-Newman (7-4-3, 3-3-3)	0	1	1

C-N Match Notes (PDF)

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The final month of the regular season begins as Carson-Newman (7-4-2, 3-3-2 SAC) welcomes Anderson (8-4-1, 5-3 SAC) to Mossy Creek for a Senior Day matchup tomorrow evening at 5:00 p.m.

Carson-Newman will honor nine seniors during halftime of the men's game. Anita Arnadottir, Molly Bukiewicz, Alayna Corbitt, Alba Delgado, Annika Fend, Felicia Frick, Selina Jud, Irish Miles and Elysia Teske are the seniors to be honored.

With two games left in the regular season, Carson-Newman is looking to continue its surge up the league standings. The Eagles enter the final month of the regular season in seventh place with 11 points but are just four points behind fourth place and hosting a SAC quarterfinal match. With most teams still having two games to play, scenarios are rather complicated to determine where C-N will line up in the standings. At this stage, C-N can finish as high as third and as low as ninth. The Eagles will root for Emory & Henry to tie or lose on Saturday against Wingate to clinch a berth in the postseason.

Molly Bukiewicz (Beavercreek, Ohio) has been superb in her final season along the banks of Mossy Creek. The graduate student is tied for third in the SAC with eight goals. Her fantastic season has come with remarkable efficiency. Her seven goals have been scored on just 22 shots, scoring on 36 percent of shots this season. She has scored in each of Carson-Newman's seven wins this season.

The Eagles will look to get back on track at home. Head coach Simon Duffy's team is 3-2-1 at McCown Field this season but is coming off a 2-0 loss to Lenoir-Rhyne last time it was in Mossy Creek. Carson-Newman has only lost back-to-back home games once in the Duffy era. That came during the 2023 season, losing to #2 Catawba and #22 Lenoir-Rhyne.

Carson-Newman has lost the last three regular season meetings with the Trojans, but all three have been decided by one-goal. C-N's lone win over the past three seasons was a 2-1 win at Anderson in the South Atlantic Conference quarterfinals in 2023. Felicia Frick scored in the 108th minute of extra time to secure a 2-1 overtime win. The Eagles lead the all-time series 14-9-1.

Anderson is 8-4-1 overall this season and has wins in its past two contests. It collected shutout wins over Mars Hill and Anderson to end October. In conference play, AU is 5-3 with 15 points and controls its path to playing as host to a South Atlantic Conference quarterfinal match. Its SAC wins are versus Lincoln Memorial, Mars Hill, Lenoir-Rhyne, Tusculum and Emory & Henry.

Along with good seeding in the SAC tournament, the Trojans are also one of five SAC schools listed "under consideration" in the NCAA's first batch of region rankings.

Statistically these two clubs are very similar. Both teams have allowed just 11 goals in 13 games, posting a 0.85 goals against average mark this season. AU has the slight edge in shutouts with 7 to C-N's six. In Anderson's past two losses, they have allowed seven goals combined. Those were losses to Wingate and Coker. The Eagles have scored more goals, but the Trojans have 20 more shots on goal on just six more total shot attempts.

Ansley Douty is the team's leader offensively with six goals and five more assists. She leads the team in every important offensive scoring category. Five of her six goals this season are in SAC play along with three of her five assists. Camryn Woods and Kaitlyn Gregory also have multiple goals with four and two, respectively.

Goalkeeper Alyiah Morgan has started every game in goal, making 41 stops in 13 games. Her 0.85 goals against average mark is the third-lowest in the SAC. The redshirt sophomore has shutouts in three of her past four games.

First touch is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Coverage on the Eagle Sports Network is available with a subscription to FloSports at cneagles.com/floWsoc.