Greeneville, Tenn. —- The 19th-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team picked up its fifth straight win in South Atlantic Conference play, earning three points on the road at Tusculum with a 1-0 win on Sunday afternoon.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-shot Tusculum 22-1
- The Catawba Indians had nine shots on goal to one for the Pioneers
- Catawba recorded eight of nine corner kicks in the match
- TU was called for nine of 16 fouls in the contest along with the lone yellow card
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Lillie Rusher scored the game-winner directly off a corner kick
- Callie Hammond and Bree Ehmer put a pair of shots on target
- Ashley Hughes earned her fifth shutout of the season with one save in goal
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
- Tusculum threatened first, with their lone corner kick of the game coming in the sixth minute
- Lauren Darbo was the first to test the TU keeper in the 12th minute
- Catawba out-shot the Pioneers 8-0 in the first half, but Darbo's was the only to go on target
SECOND HALF
- Alexah Fite and Ehmer forced Tusculum saves early in the second half, including Ehmer's header that was booted out by a TU defender
- Rusher broke the scoreless tie in the 51st minute, curling in the score directly off a corner kick
- Morgan Delair and Kylie Morin looked to double the lead before the 60th minute, but the Pioneers made the save
- The Pioneers' lone look for an equalizer on the afternoon came in the 68th minute, but sailed wide
- Additional shots on target by Ehmer and Hammond were saved, but the Catawba Indians dominated possession and held the Pioneers from getting a clean look for the equalizer for the final 20-plus minutes
GAME NOTES
- Catawba improves to 19-9-4 all-time in the series; seventh straight win in the series for Catawba
- The Catawba Indians stand in a tie for second in the SAC standings, two points behind conference leader Wingate who has played an extra league game to this point
- Each of Rusher's three goals this season has been a game-winner, joining penalty-kick scores vs. 15th-ranked Embry-Riddle and Anderson
- Catawba has allowed one goal during this five-match league win streak
- Brown is now 108-50-16 all-time; Catawba's 399th win in program history
UP NEXT
- Catawba faces its toughest test in SAC play to this point on Wednesday, facing current league leader Wingate at Frock Field for the team's red-out game at 5 p.m.
