The Georgia Gwinnett College women's soccer team is scheduled to begin the 2026 campaign on Saturday, August 22, with a familiar setting and opponent, hosting Montreat College (North Carolina) at the Grizzly Soccer Complex, starting at 4:30 p.m.
GGC and Montreat are playing a match in August for the fourth consecutive season, and Saturday's contest marks the second straight year that the programs have squared off in their teams' season openers.
The Grizzlies won 4-0 at Montreat in 2025 after scoring a 9-1 triumph over the Cavaliers in Lawrenceville during the 2024 campaign.
GGC is coming off a 10-6-5 campaign that featured the program's third straight Continental Athletic Conference tournament title. The team advanced to the second round of the NAIA national tournament.
Nine players have returned after scoring four or more goals last fall. Leading the charge is sophomore
Hannah Lorenz, who registered a team-high eight goals. The midfielder also led the team with 22 points.
Classmate
Alliyah Rosales chipped in five goals and senior
Gabriela Rosas also scored five times during the 2025 season.
Sophomore
Kendra Delgado provided four goals and four assists across 20 matches in her initial collegiate season. Senior
Jade Perrin and juniors
Kathrine Lindenberg and
Christy Noble each added four goals in 2025.
The Grizzlies are blessed with a duo of talented goalkeepers who helped lead the defensive unit post six shutouts last fall. Senior
Rirei Sasaki had an 8-5-5 record, with 61 saves, in protecting the team's goal. Junior
Elle Sarter was twice named the CAC Defensive Player of the Week early in the 2025 season before suffering a season-ending injury.
Sophomore
Barbora Kadlecova received the CAC Player of the Year award and was a third NAIA All-America team selection. The defender tallied four goals last season.
Junior
Nova Eskelinen contributed a team-high eight assists from her midfield position.
Montreat was 8-9-1 last fall and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament. Rebeca Cruz Manon is the team's top returning goal scorer with seven tallies in 2025. Cruz Manon appeared in all 18 matches, with one start a year ago. Goalkeeper Anna Weissenfluh also returns after a strong 2025 campaign in which she started all 18 matches and had a .777 save percentage and a 1.53 goals against average.
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SPREADING THE WEALTH
This year's GGC team has nine players who scored four or more goals last season. Sophomore
Hannah Lorenz registered a team-high eight goals, while senior
Gabriela Rosas and sophomore
Alliyah Rosales each chipped in five goals. Rounding out the balanced offensive attack after four goals apiece, are seniors
Jessica Fuentes and
Jade Perrin, juniors
Kathrine Lindenberg and
Christy Noble, and sophomores
Kendra Delgado and
Barbora Kadlecova.
ANOTHER POSTSEASON APPEARANCE
The Grizzlies advanced to the NAIA national tournament for the ninth consecutive season, with a second-round appearance in 2025. The team has won three straight Continental Athletic Conference championships and eight conference titles overall.
RETURNING ALL-AMERICAN
Sophomore
Barbora Kadlecova collected third NAIA All-America team honors during her initial collegiate season. She scored four goals and helped the defense post six shutouts. Kadlecova also earned CAC Player of the Year honors.
SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
Montreat posted an 8-9-1 record last fall and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament. Rebeca Cruz Manon is the team's top returning goal scorer with seven tallies in 2025. Cruz Manon appeared in all 18 matches, with one start in 2025. Goalkeeper Anna Weissenfluh also returns after a strong 2025 campaign in which she started all 18 matches and had a .777 save percentage and a 1.53 goals against average.
SERIES HISTORY
Georgia Gwinnett has a 5-1-1 advantage in the all-time series against the Cavaliers and has won all three prior meetings in Lawrenceville between the two programs.
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GGCAthletics.com will be home for all the current news and information regarding the women's soccer team throughout the fall season. Fans can watch all home matches on the Grizzly Digital Network. Download the GGC App to receive schedule updates. For the most up-to-date news and information follow GGC Athletics and GGC Women's Soccer through the following social media: X (@GGCAthletics; @GGC_WSoccer), Facebook (GGCAthletics) and Instagram (GGCAthletics; @ggc_wsoccer).
