AIKEN, SC--USC Aiken will hold senior day activities for its men’s and women’s soccer teams on Saturday when the Pacers and Lady Pacers host UNC Pembroke for a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader at the “Pacer Pit”. Senior Brooke Rushing will be honored prior to the Lady Pacers’ 4:30 p.m., match against the Lady Braves. Seniors Peter Calabrese, Jean-Pascal Bozso, Shawn Ord, Greg Cooke, Neil Jackson, Shawn Dodaro, Chris Gratop and Brandon Smith will be honored before the Pacers face off with the 10th ranked Braves.

The USC Aiken women’s team will enter the match with UNCP with a 3-10-0 record and an 0-6-0 Peach Belt Conference mark. The Lady Pacers were beaten by second ranked Kennesaw State in their last match, but shutout Shorter College, 4-0, before losing to the Lady Owls. UNC Pembroke takes an 11-4-0 record into Thursday’s home match with Wingate University. The Lady Braves are 3-3-0 in Peach Belt Play.

The Pacers (0-9-0, 0-5-0 PBC) will try to get their first win of the season against the number 10 team in NCAA Division II. The Braves, picked to finish last in the Peach Belt in the preseason coaches’ poll, are 13-1-0 and 4-1-0 in the PBC heading into tonight’s non-conference match with Wingate University. Five of USC Aiken’s nine loses this season have been by just one goal. The Pacers will try to turn their luck around against a team they have beaten three times in the last five meetings between the two schools.

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