Women’s soccer goes 1-1 at Tusculum Tournament

The women’s soccer team began their 2011 season with a 2-1 loss against No. 8 Lenoir-Rhyne University in the Tusculum Kickoff Tournament in Greenville, Tenn., but returned Sunday to even their record, beating Southern Indiana University 1-0.“The girls were disappointed in the loss, rightfully so, but it was an extremely well and hard fought battle,” Head Coach Hope Clark said. The Bobcats were down 2-0 against the bears with over 11 minutes left in the first half. Sophomore Taylor Yee’s first goal for the Bobcats’ 2011 season came seconds before the whistle, enhancing the team into halftime. Yee, playing on a partially torn knee, received a free-kick from junior Jamie Colcord, touching it past LRU keeper Caitlin Scruggs. “When (Colcord) kicked it, I thought I had already over passed it,” Yee said. “Olivia Holden actual got a foot on it and she just kind of redirected it. Luckily I was on sides and I was just there to finish it.”
At the opposite end of the field, freshman Annie Stephens was the Bobcats’ force in the goal. Stephens blocked six shots during her busy collegiate debut and earned her first career shutout in game two. “(Stephens) certainly did a great job to kind of earn that potential starting spot,” Clark said. Three freshman goalies are still competing for the goalie position every week, and the team is benefitting.
“All three of us train together, it’s more like a solid unit,” Stephens said. “Where some of us have weaknesses, others of us have strengths. It was basically a toss-up; any of us could have gone.” Out-played in the first half, GC returned, thriving off Yee’s late goal to worry LRU. Although they fought hard, the Bobcats were unable to pull out the win.
“We had a very strong second half against them,” Clark said. “If we’re going to lose 2-1 to the number eight team in the country, that’s the way to go down.”
In game two, the Bobcats knew they did not want to start their season 0-2. Freshman Kessler Matheson guaranteed that, blasting her first goal to beat Southern Indiana University 1-0. Despite outshooting SIU 12-3, the first half remained scoreless. With 15:05 left in the second half, a three on one Bobcat counter-attack provided them with their first goal. Sophomore Brittaney Borror unselfishly gave up her decent look to find the better shot from Matheson. At a better angle and location, Matheson beat the keeper one-on-one with a far post goal to put the Bobcats back at .500 and assuring their first road win.
Hosting the Bobcat Shootout, Georgia College will take on Nova Southeastern University Friday, Sept. 9.

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