Women's Soccer 8/28/2016 12:00:00 AM

Upstate, Gardner-Webb Finish with Scoreless Tie

Box Score

Spartanburg, S.C. – USC Upstate and Gardner-Webb combined for 41 shots but neither team could find the back of the net as the Spartans and Runnin' Bulldogs finished at a 0-0 stalemate on Sunday evening at County University Stadium.

USC Upstate is 0-2-2 while Gardner-Webb is also 0-2-2.

Stats of the Match

Gardner-Webb held a 24-17 edge in shots on goal.
The Runnin' Bulldogs outshot Upstate 10-4 in the first half before both teams took nine shots each in the second half.
During overtime, Gardner-Webb held a 5-4 edge in shots with all four of Upstate's shots coming in the second overtime period.
Gardner-Webb's Brandi Arey had a match-high six shots and finished with three shots on goal along with Justine Ibarra. Leah Tyson and Maddie Little each took three shots for Upstate.
Brooke Bailey made 11 saves for Upstate. Keely Brown made four saves for Gardner-Webb.

Near-Misses

Both teams had strong chances to get the win during overtime.
In the first overtime period, a shot by Gardner-Webb's Justine Ibarra was tipped by Bailey, hit the crossbar and bounced out in front of the goal before it was smothered by Bailey. An Upstate foul with four seconds left gave G-W a free kick from about 25 yards out but the shot went wide.
Arey hit the right post with just over six minutes to play in the second overtime. Tyson had perhaps Upstate's best chance of the night as she fired a shot from the left side but hit the bottom portion of the crossbar inside of four minutes to play.

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