Unbeaten Wolves Journey to Southern Utah for UAC Conflict – UWG Wolves | Athletic Packages

CARROLLTON, Ga. – Week 5 of the faculty soccer season is upon us and it sends the No. 18/20 UWG soccer group almost 2,000 miles away for a United Athletic Conference showdown with the Southern Utah Thunderbirds. 

West Georgia (4-0, 1-0 UAC) appears to win its sixth straight recreation general and third consecutive street recreation, and extra importantly keep excellent in UAC play whereas Southern Utah (1-3, 0-0 UAC) opens league play by internet hosting UWG on their Homecoming. 

GAME INFORMATION 

#18 West Georgia (4-0, 1-0 UAC) at Southern Utah (1-3, 0-0 UAC)  

Saturday, September 27 

Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. EST   

Location: Cedar City, UT // Eccles Coliseum 

TV: ESPN+   

Radio: KISS 102.7   

It’ll be a troublesome check for the Wolves, who will load up on Friday morning and journey by means of constitution jet throughout the nation. Head coach Joel Taylor, nonetheless, is happy in regards to the problem forward of his resilient group. 

“I tell our team all the time, ‘what a blessing to get up and go have a challenge on Saturday,'” stated Taylor on his weekly coaches present filmed every Tuesday at Jefferson’s in Carrollton. “If you’re facing an inferior team, it’s not a challenge, you don’t get up for that, but this is a really good football team, and even though they’re struggling on defense, they can score a bunch of points.” 

Scoring factors has not been an issue for Saturday’s opposition as Southern Utah ranks thirteenth within the nation in scoring offense, placing up 39.0 per recreation whereas rating sixth in whole offense at almost 500 yards of offense per contest. 

The Thunderbirds’ offense begins with stable quarterback play as Bronson Barron throws for almost 300 per recreation. The fifth-year senior has thrown for 1,153 yards with 9 touchdowns and only one interception by way of 4 video games. 

“At the end of the day, we have to take care of what we can take care of. It doesn’t matter how good an offense is, if we take care of what we’re supposed to, we can handle it,” Taylor added. We’ve received to do an excellent job of stopping the run, as a result of they’re going to wish to run the soccer.” 

Joshua Dye leads SUU’s speeding assault at 134.5 yards per recreation all whereas discovering the endzone seven occasions this season.  

Coupled with UWG’s speeding assault, Saturday’s recreation ought to characteristic loads of fireworks on the bottom as UWG enters the sport as considered one of three FCS packages to have three separate gamers report a 100-yard recreation on the bottom this season. 

It’s primarily been Latrelle Murrell main the Wolves’ speeding assault, as he enters the sport averaging over 100 yards per recreation as effectively. For the season, the Douglasville native has 422 yards and averages 6.4 yards per carry. Murrell ranks sixteenth within the nation in yards per rush whereas SUU’s Dye is 14th in FCS soccer in that class. 

Freshman TJ Lester and quarterback Davin Wydner even have recorded 100 yard video games this season, with Lester’s coming final week within the win over EKU. 

Defensively, UWG has the instruments to decelerate the SUU offense, with the Wolves speeding protection rating tenth within the nation, and the Wolves boast a top-15 protection when it comes to scoring protection as effectively, permitting on common 14 factors per contest. 

Up entrance, UWG’s defensive position has been stable within the move rush, with the Wolves getting into week 5 ranked fifth within the nation averaging 3.25 sacks per recreation. 

“I think DeLane Fitzgerald is one of the best coaches in our league and I think he does a phenomenal job with what he has,” stated Taylor. “His kids play extremely hard. Extremely hard on offense, defense, and special teams. So, they’re going to play their butts off. They’re 1-3 and they don’t want to go 1-4, and it’s their homecoming so it’s going to be a big game for them and a tough one for us.” 

Kickoff between the Wolves and Thunderbirds is slated for 8:30 p.m. EST from Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah. It is simply the second all-time assembly between West Georgia and Southern Utah. 

The recreation is being broadcast on ESPN+ and UWG followers may also hear reside to the radio broadcast on KISS 102.7 or the Gradick Communications Listening Portal.