Salisbury, N.C. —- The third-ranked and top-seeded Catawba College women's soccer team poured in three second-half goals to pull away from eighth-seeded Lincoln Memorial, 5-1, in the South Atlantic Conference Women's Soccer quarterfinal at Frock Field.
TEAM STATISTICS
- Catawba out-shot Lincoln Memorial 22-10
- The Catawba Indians had nine shots on goal to two for LMU
- Catawba recorded eight of 10 corner kicks in the match
- The Catawba Indians were whistled for eight of 14 fouls in the contest
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Bree Ehmer recorded a goal and an assist
- Maria Rayburn and Adriana Ibanez added first-half scores
- Morgan Delair and Kennedy Grono piled on goals in the second half
- Agnethe Vestergaard and Kylie Morin dished out assists
- Jenni Dähne made a save in the winning decision in goal
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
- An early-game shot from Ali Skinner hit the crossbar in the second minute
- A 27th-minute shot from Phoebe Serkin was saved
- Rayburn collected a punched-out ball on a corner kick for the game's first score in the 34th minute
- LMU responded 40 seconds later with an equalizing score
- Ibanez finished off a feed from Vestergaard to take a lead into the half with less than five minutes to go
SECOND HALF
- Ehmer found Delair for a breakaway score to start the scoring in the second half in the 55th minute
- Ehmer added a score of her own off of a Morin assist later in the 62nd minute to open up the lead, 4-1
- Grono sent a shot over the LMU keeper for her first career goal in the 77th minute
UP NEXT
- Catawba advances to the SAC semifinals at the Matthews Sportsplex in Matthews, N.C. on Friday, facing fourth-seed Coker in the opening game of the day at 11 a.m.
