Women's Soccer

Radford Uses Second Half Goals to Rally Past Upstate

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Spartanburg, S.C. – A trio of goals during a seven minute span early in the second half gave the Radford Highlanders a 3-2 win over USC Upstate on Sunday evening at County University Soccer Stadium. The match was Upstate's home opener.

Radford improves to 2-0 while Upstate falls to 0-2.

Stats of the Match

  • Upstate held a 17-13 edge in shots, but was outshot 10-9 in the second half.
  • Isabella Burns took a match-high five shots. Emelie Valenciano and Abbie Ellis each had three shots.
  • Jasmine Casarez took three shots to lead Radford.
  • Radford had six corner kicks while Upstate had four.
  • Katie McCormick made three saves in the second half to earn the win for the Highlanders.
  • Lexi Dean allowed two goals with one save in the first half.
  • Brooke Bailey made three saves for the Spartans.

USC Upstate Goals

  • Ellis scored the opening goal of the match on a free kick at 22:08 (USC Upstate 1, Radford 0).
  • Autumn Gore played a cross to the right post to Leah Tyson, who finished the ball to give the Spartans a 2-0 lead at 41:11 (USC Upstate 2, Radford 0).

Radford Goals

  • Emily Dunn got the Highlanders on the board at 59:50 on a shot on the left side from 35 yards out (USC Upstate 2, Radford 1).
  • Allyson Giannone played a ball into traffic, which deflected to Claire Dundon, who scored the game-tying goal at 65:00 (Radford 2, USC Upstate 2).
  • On a Giannone corner kick, Gabi Paupst found a loss ball in the box and scored the game-winning goal at the 66:54 mark (Radford 3, USC Upstate 2).

Up Next

  • Upstate hosts Alabama A&M next Sunday at 1 p.m.

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