PEMBROKE – Sophomore netminder Gina Ryan was a perfect 10-for-10 on saves, including eight in the second half, to pick up her fifth clean sheet of the season and fuel the UNC Pembroke soccer team to a 2-0 victory over visiting Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday evening in Pembroke.  

MATCH INFORMATION
Score: UNC Pembroke 2, Lenoir-Rhyne 0
Records: UNC Pembroke (8-3-1); Lenoir-Rhyne (8-4-1)
Location: Lumbee River EMC Stadium
Series: UNC Pembroke leads 8-4-1

HOW IT HAPPENED
Box Score/Play-by-Play

FIRST HALF
-Lenoir-Rhyne had the match's first chance in the 8th-minute, but Gina Ryan turned away Cassandra's Kerrigan shot attempt.
-Alexis Pittman would not be denied on UNCP's first scoring chance, as the freshman buried her fifth goal of the season off a cross from Stacey Scott in the 11th-minute.
-The Braves made it a perfect 2-for-2 on shot attempts when Scott beat the keeper one-on-one and netted her sixth of the season in the 21st-minute off touch passes from Carly Rochelle and Shannon O'Neill.
-Lenoir-Rhyne's Alayna Morris made her first save of the match on Jillian Robson's lone shot attempt in the 42nd-minute.
-Each side had three shots in the first 45 minutes.

SECOND HALF
-Gina Ryan played some of her best minutes of the season in the second half, going a perfect 8-for-8 in save chances, including two in the final five minutes.
-The Braves managed just two shots in the final stanza and forced Morris to make just one save in the 62nd-minute on a Christine Rolfes long-range missle.
-The Bears fired 11 shots in the second half, including five from inside the 18-yard box, but Gina Ryan was up to the task on each of them.

NOTABLES
-Gina Ryan's shutout was her fifth of the season and her 10 saves are her second most behind an 11-save outing at Columbus State.
-The sophomore keeper leads the Peach Belt Conference with a 0.62 goals against average and a .887 save percentage in 12 matches this season. She now has 12 career shutouts in 23 matches in which she has played from beginning to end.
-Pittman's goal tied her for the team lead with five until Scott's goal 10 minutes later. Scott now leads all Braves with six goals and 16 points this season.
-Scott's assist was her team-leading fourth of the season, while Rochelle picked up her fourth and O'Neill's dished out assist number three.

UP NEXT
The Braves continue a four-match home stand with a Monday meeting with Lees-McRae. First touch is set for 5:30 p.m. and will be preceded by a ribbon cutting for Lumbee River EMC Stadium at 5:20 p.m. The Bobcats (3-8-2) won a 2-1 affair over Converse Saturday afternoon. UNCP and Lees-McRae have met only one time on the pitch in school history, a 1-0 Black & Gold victory last season in Banner Elk. Katie Watkins banged home the game winner in the 32nd-minute off a pass from Kate Weisner.