By: Morgan Sheehan, Associate Athletic Communications Director
Box Score PEMBROKE – Senior
Rilee Seering netted the eventual game-winner just 19 seconds in on the way to registering her fifth career multi-goal game and leading the UNC Pembroke soccer team to a 3-0 victory over visiting Shaw on Monday evening at Lumbee River EMC Stadium.
It was the first non-conference win of the season for the Black & Gold (5-3-0) who registered its third-straight shutout, while also pushing its win streak out to four games as well. It was the fourth loss in the last five outings for the Bears (3-5-0) who stopped a three-game slide on Saturday with a 3-0 victory at King.
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| 1' |
Nona Borden found a wide-open Alexis Pittman on the far side of the pitch, and Pittman's cross found the head of Rilee Seering who redirected the ball into the net. |
| 9' |
Anna Grossheim and Alexis Pittman's speed was too much for the Shaw backline to handle, but Pittman dished the ball to Rilee Seering inside the 18-yard box and the senior easily punched a ball into the back of the net. |
| 11' |
Rilee Seering found Anna Grossheim on a perfect through-ball, and Grossheim got the better end of a one-on-one battle with Shaw goalkeeper Maude Rouanet. |
| TOP BRAVES |
+ Monday's 2-goal performance marked the fifth career multi-goal game for senior Rilee Seering who netted a pair of goals against Erskine earlier this season as well.
+ Senior Alexis Pittman registered a career-best two assists against the Bears, and became the first player this season to record multiple assists for the Braves. Pittman upped her career assists total to 10 with Monday's showing.
+ Freshman Chiara Coppin picked up one save against the Bears on the way to registering her eighth career shutout, including four clean sheets this season. Her goals against average also dipped down to 1.13 with Monday's outing.
+ Anna Grossheim and Nona Borden both turned in assists. It is the fourth assist of the season for Grossheim, and the second of the campaign for Borden. |
| NOTABLES |
+ Rilee Seering's goal just 19 seconds into the contest marked the fastest goal from the start of the game in program history. It bested former standout Stacey Scott's goal just 23 seconds into UNCP's 3-0 win over USC Aiken on Oct. 28, 2015.
+ The Braves have not yielded a goal in more than 280 minutes (282:26) following Monday's action. The last goal surrendered by the UNCP defense was a 78th minute score by Lees-McRae on September 18.
+ UNCP moved to 2-0-0 all-time in the series with the Bears, including a 1-0 overtime win in Raleigh on Sept. 11, 2019.
+ The Braves improved to 3-1-0 at home this season with Monday's victory, and are now 31-6-5 (.798) in their home stadium since the end of the 2014 season (6-plus seasons). |
| UP NEXT |
| The Braves will dive back into Conference Carolinas play on Saturday when they head to Spartanburg, S.C., to take on Converse (1-5-2, 1-2-0 CC) at Hayden Abney Fulp Field. Start time has been pushed to 5 p.m. |
