FLORENCE, S.C. – Conference Carolinas Offensive Player of the Year
Rilee Seering scored the game's only goal with just more than three minutes left before the halftime break, and the second-seeded UNC Pembroke soccer team rode an unforgiving defensive effort to a 1-0 triumph over third-seeded North Greenville in the semifinal round of the league tournament on Friday evening in Florence, S.C.
The victory propels the Braves (14-4-0) into Sunday's tournament championship game where they will get a rematch with top-seeded and regular season champion Mount Olive (15-0-2). The Trojans pulled off a 2-1 win over the Black & Gold on October 27 In Pembroke.
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Zion Sellers collected a ball near midfield and found a streaking Rilee Seering down the middle of the pitch. Seering beat the goalkeeper on the race to the ball and chipped a shot into the top right corner. |
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+ Senior Rilee Seering logged a game-high 10 shots (6 on goal) and punched in her league-leading 13th goal of the 2021 campaign for the game's only offense.
+ Freshman Chiara Coppin tallied three saves on the way to registering her eighth shutout of the season.
+ Sophomore Zion Sellers tacked up her first career assist on the 42nd minute goal for the Braves. Sellers came into the game with 12 career points on six goals.
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+ UNCP amassed 24 shots (15 on goal) in Friday's outing – the 14th time this season that the Braves have finished an outing with 20 or more shots.
+ The Braves improved to 12-19-0 all-time in conference tournament play. Friday's game marked the debut for the Black & Gold in the Conference Carolinas Tournament.
+ It is the third conference tournament championship appearance in the 21-year history of the UNCP soccer program. The Braves upended Columbus State, 1-0, in their last league championship appearance in 2017 (Peach Belt Conference Tournament) at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Ga.
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| UP NEXT |
| UNCP will battle top-seeded and regular season champion Mount Olive (15-0-2) in Sunday's tournament championship game at the Florence (S.C.) Soccer Complex. Kickoff has been scheduled for 4 p.m. Tickets are available at ConferenceCarolinas.com/Tickets. |
