Auburn concludes non-conference play at Old Dominion

Auburn Notes
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NORFOLK, Va. – Auburn completes its non-conference schedule with a contest at Old Dominion Sunday at 2:30 p.m. CT at the ODU Soccer Complex.

Sunday's match will be broadcast on C-USA.TV, a subscription based platform.  

Starting XI

Auburn is coming off a 2-1 win in double overtime in the team's SEC opener at Kentucky Thursday night.

The win marked Auburn's first overtime victory since 2016.

The team improved to 12-13-2 all-time in SEC openers, including 11-8-2 in league openers under head coach Karen Hoppa.

It marked the Tigers' fourth straight SEC-opening win and the team's fourth straight result in conference road openers (2-0-2).

Five different Tigers - Bri Folds (5), Sarah Houchin (3), Sydney Richards (3), Jessie Gerow (2) and Hailey Whitaker (2) - have scored multiple goals and have accounted for all of the team's individual goals this season.

The Tigers have allowed just one goal in games they have won this season. The team has outscored its opponents 11-1 and have outshot the opponent 73-32 in wins.

Auburn has turned in 12 shutouts in 28 contests since the start of last season, including three shutouts this year.

The Tigers are 11-3-1 in regular season, non-conference contests since the start of last season, including 4-2-0 in road or neutral site matches.

Sunday marks the first all-time meeting between Auburn and Old Dominion.

The game was added to Auburn's schedule after having a contest at Florida Gulf Coast canceled due to weather earlier this season.

Scouting Old Dominion

Old Dominion enters the contest with a 6-1-1 overall record after suffering its first loss of the season at North Texas Friday night.

The Monarchs enters the match ranked in the top 10 in the country in goals (21), assists (22) and points (64).

A pair of players in Amanda Nhek and Kyra Ricks have registered double-digit points with 18 and 11, respectively.

Player to Watch: Hailey Whitaker

Whitaker scored the game-winning goal in the 105th minute of Auburn's SEC opener at Kentucky Thursday night. The game-winner was Whitaker's second of the season and third of her career. She ran down a headed flick from Gerow and fired a left-footed strike that bent inside the left post to give the Tigers the win.