First Half Goals Lift UNC Asheville over Spartans

Thursday, September 8

County University Stadium

7 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

0-5-2

UNC Asheville

3-4-0

AVL

USC Upstate

9/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – The UNC Asheville Bulldogs scored two goals in the first 14 minutes of the match as they defeated USC Upstate 2-0 in non-conference action at County University Soccer Stadium on Thursday night.

UNC Asheville improves to 3-4 while Upstate falls to 0-5-2.

Stats of the Match

UNC Asheville outshot Upstate 13-8. The Spartans took four shots in each half.
Both teams had four corner kicks, with seven of the eight total corner kicks occurring in the second half.
Brooke Bailey made five saves for Upstate. Keller Dixon made two saves for UNC Asheville.
Autumn Gore led Upstate with four shots, one of which hit the post. Caroline Houser had a match-high five shots for the Bulldogs.
Dixon and the Bulldog defense held off a Spartan rush where the hosts hit the post and had a header sail just high of the goal during a 10-minute stretch in the second half.

UNC Asheville Goals

Houser took a pass from Gretchen Dettlinger and sent in a cross that bounced off of the right post and dribbled into the net in the sixth minute (UNC Asheville 1, Upstate 0).
Houser sent a through ball to Paige Trent who controlled a loose ball in a one-on-one battle with Bailey and scored from 18 yards out (UNC Asheville 2, Upstate 0).

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