OPENING KICK: App State Soccer opens the month of September at home, as the team hosts cross-state foe East Carolina, Thursday at 4 p.m. It's Senior Day at The Valley and the Mountaineers will honor seniors Aleesia Ambrosio, Shannon Studer and Reagan Sturgill in a pre-match ceremony at 3:30 p.m. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+.
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS: App State is 3-2 on the season, after dropping a road match at Clemson on Sunday. The Mountaineers started the season with three straight wins – defeating two-time reigning conference champion Western Carolina, earning the program's first ACC victory with a 1-0 triumph over Miami and handing Davidson its first loss of the season.