CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's soccer officially opens the 2021 spring season by hosting Charlotte at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Catamount Athletic Complex. 
 
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ATTENDANCE POLICY:

• A limited number of spectator tickets will be available for home women's soccer and track & field events at the Catamount Athletic Complex. Each spectator must have an assigned ticket and sit in the seat location designated by that ticket;
• Priority for the limited ticket allotment is reserved for the competing student-athlete parents as allowed under the current state of North Carolina Executive Order and includes two tickets per student-athlete. It is anticipated that there will be at least 20 additional tickets made available to the public on game day on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be seated in physically distanced groups of two inside the grandstand seating area. The public can claim those additional tickets by contacting the WCU Athletics Ticket Office (Monday-Friday 9-am-5pm) or arriving on game day;
• The concourse behind the stadium facing the tennis complex will be closed to the public to allow for increased room for the teams to physically distance
• Concessions will have limited menus at home games with most items consisting of pre-packaged goods (i.e., drinks, chips, candy);
• The main restrooms on the concourse will be closed to the public. However, this is a unisex restroom located near the main entrance of the facility that will be accessible for patrons.

 
 AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE CATAMOUNTS:

• Western Carolina defeated Presbyterian 2-1 Sunday in an exhibition match. 
• Senior Regan Ward, thanks to an assist by Summit Dann off a corner kick, scored the game-winning goal against the Blue Hose in the second half when the game was tied 1-1. 
• Rea Syska scored the first goal of the game for WCU. 
• Western Carolina and Charlotte meet for the seventh time Wednesday. The 49ers are 6-0 against the Catamounts and have shut WCU out four times in the six meetings. The Catamounts have lost by one goal to Charlotte three times and Charlotte has scored five goals on WCU twice. In six meetings, WCU has scored a total of three goals against the 49ers. 

 
AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE 49ERS:

• Charlotte's match with WCU will be it's first of the 2021 spring season. The 49ers had their first four matches of the season canceled or postponed. 
• The 49ers were picked to finish second in the Conference USA East Division. 
• Charlotte sophomore Julia Parum was a preseason all-conference selection. She was a 2019 Conference USA All-Freshman Team selection. 

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