Women's Soccer Falls to Appalachian State 1-0

Statesboro, Ga. - The Georgia Southern Women's Soccer team lost 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field to Appalachian State.       

The Lady Eagles fall to 4-8-3 and 2-5-1 in the conference. The Mountaineers improved to 6-7-2 overall and 2-5-1 in the SoCon.

“I thought we did really well today,” said Head Coach Ashley Hart. “Soccer is one of those games where sometimes you don’t get the result that you deserve.”

The Lady Eagles started the match off with a quick shot. Ashley Toussaint (Warner Robins, Ga.) took a shot just 52 seconds into the match. However, Appalachian State took control of the first half and outshot Georgia Southern nine to six. The Mountaineers also attempted six corner kicks to the Lady Eagles' none.

Lauren Santos (Berwyn, Ill.) made four saves in the first half and seven saves overall. Santos made two saves within a minute of each other near the end of the first half.

Sara Oland (Evans, Ga.) attempted Georgia Southern’s last chance to score in the first half with just seven seconds to go, but her shot was stopped by the Mountaineers' goalkeeper Caroline Clark for the save.

The match headed into halftime with a score of 0-0.

Appalachian State came out of the half and attacked the net in the 49th minute of play. Casey Cleary took a shot on goal that was stopped by Santos. The ball rebounded to Caroline Lowe who put the ball on target, but Laura Smith (Buford, Ga.) headed the ball out of the net for the team save.

Oland took another shot on goal in the 54th minute.

Jenny Anderson (Birmingham, Ala.) headed a ball that sailed left of the net in the 69th minute of action.

The Lady Eagles took four shots including two shots on goal in a span of four minutes. Smith took one of the shots on goal in the 72nd minute and Chelsea Kephart (Cumming,Ga.) had the other.

In the 74th minute the Mountaineers got on the board with a shot by Amy Zahirski to the right side of the net. The ball got past Santos to give Appalachian State a 1-0 lead.

Molly Nepote (Mendota Heights, Minn.) had the Lady Eagles' last chance with a shot off of a free kick that was stopped by Clarke.

“I thought we played a good 90 minutes. We came out and defended well. We created some opportunities but were unable to score. I think it was one of our better games,” said Coach Hart.

Georgia Southern returns to action Friday against UNC Greensboro at 7 p.m. in Greensboro, N.C.

Category: Women's Soccer

Published on Sunday, 19 October 2008 00:22