AMERICUS, Ga. – Senior
Stacey Scott turned in her sixth career multi-goal game, junior
Gina Ryan registered her 21
st career clean sheet and the UNC Pembroke soccer team picked up its first road win of the season with a 2-0 victory at Georgia Southwestern on Saturday evening.
It was the second Peach Belt Conference victory in the last three outings for the Braves (5-4-0, 2-3-0 PBC) who put the clamp on a four-game road losing skid this season as well. The setback marked the 10
th-straight loss for the Hurricanes (2-11-0, 0-7-0) who also fell to 0-13-0 all-time in the series with the Black & Gold.
| SCORING SUMMARY |
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Stacey Scott broke the deadlock with her first of two first-half goals, collecting a nifty pass from Brianna De Coteau and firing a shot past Georgia Southwestern netminder Hannah Morrone. UNCP 1, GSW 0 |
| 43' |
Stacey Scott struck again with just less than 2-1/2 minutes left before intermission, this time taking a pass from Katy Ryan and finishing with a laser inside the post. UNCP 2, GSW 0 |
| TOP BRAVES |
- Stacey Scott scored a pair of first half goals to register her sixth career multi-goal game, as well as her second of the season (Anderson).
- Alexis Pittman tacked up a game-best five shots, including two that were on target.
- Bree Mason registered a trio of shots, including two that were on goal.
- Junior Gina Ryan tallied three saves on the way to turning in her 22nd career clean sheet and move into sole possession of third place on UNCP's all-time shutouts list.
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| NOTABLES |
- Georgia Southwestern played the final 20-plus minutes of the contest with just 10 players on the field after starter Alison Rugel was sent off (straight red card) with 20:59 left on the second half clock.
- The Hurricanes remain winless in 13 meetings all-time with the Braves. Of those 13 UNCP victories, 11 have come via shutout. UNCP has outscored the Hurricanes 59-2 over the 13-game series as well.
- Saturday evening's triumph was the 190th victory for the program which was integrated into UNCP's varsity athletics stable in time for the 2001 season. It was also the 280th career victory for head coach Lars Andersson.
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| UP NEXT |
| The Braves will get a short rest before resuming their 2018 regular season schedule on Monday against USC Aiken (2-8, 0-5-0 PBC) at home. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and admission to all 2018 UNCP Soccer home games is free. |
