Thursday, September 1
Chanticleers Fall Short at Elon, 2-1
CONWAY - The Coastal Carolina women's soccer team suffered a defeat on its home turf falling 2-1 to Elon Thursday evening.
Coastal moved to a 2-2-1 overall record. It was an even playing field throughout the match with each team totaling seven shots apiece. Amber Adams and Montanna Hill lead the Chants in shots each totaling two.
Elon's Susannah Anderson gave the Phoenix the lead in the 33rd minute. Following a corner kick the ball was pushed out to the right flank with Bria Bass on the ball. Bass sent the ball into the mix finding Kendall Ballotti who headed it down for Anderson to volley in.
The Chanticleers earned a free kick from about 50-yards out with Ambria Shutts on the ball. Shutts sent the ball high towards the back post where Montanna Hill towered over her defender to flick the ball past the goaltender to even the score at one apiece.
The teams traded offensive attacks through most of the second half until Elon took a 2-1 in the 76th minute. In chaotic moment in the box from 12-yards out, Erin Tanhauser slide the ball past the defense finding the net for goal number two.
Coastal continued to push on offense looking for goal but came up empty. Daniella Famili had a great scoring opportunity after beating her defender finding herself 1v1 with the goalie on the right side of the goal but the shot was saved.
Double-Overtime Goal Sinks @AStateSoccer
JONESBORO, Ark. (9/1/16) – The Arkansas State women’s soccer team battled Central Arkansas to a scoreless tie for 103 minutes, but the Bears’ Alex Moore capitalized on a rebound opportunity in front of the net to down the Red Wolves 1-0 Thursday afternoon at the A-State Soccer Park.
Moore’s goal was setup by a chaotic situation in front of the net when Dayna Mournie took a shot from close range that hit the crossbar and bounced in front A-State goalkeeper Kelsey Ponder who tried to collect the rebound, but failed to reach the ball before Shelby Wilson was able to pass to Moore for the golden goal opportunity.
“We’ve got to do a better job of keeping the ball and controlling possession and keeping the game where want it to be,” A-State head coach Brian Dooley said. “The first 15 to 20 minutes was probably the best we have played all year. We had several chances to score, but then they started to find gaps in our shape and took advantage of some mistakes that made us chase them.”
A-State (1-1-2) controlled possession for much of the first 15 minutes of the contest with a couple of shots by Tayler Carter and Abby Harris just missing the mark within a few minutes of kickoff. Carter had another good attempt, set up by a throw-in from Harris, from inside the box a little over eight minutes in, but the shot sailed just high over the UCA (3-2-0) goal.
Katherine Padgett was set up nicely in an effort by Arianna Delli Carpini with a little over 32 minutes remaining in the first half, but the shot went wide. However, A-State didn’t have many good looks the rest of the half, but Central Arkansas had several including an attempt that Padgett blocked when keeper Kelsey Ponder went to the ground in the 20th minute. Ponder made four saves in the first frame with a nice punch over the net on a long chip shot by the Bears.
UCA had eight corner kicks to A-State’s one in the first half and the trend continued into the second half when Central Arkansas had two more before the 60th minute. However, the A-State defense remained strong and didn’t allow a real scoring opportunity on either one. The Bears had an attempt in the 71st minute that bounced high in the box, but a leap by Ponder allowed her to grab the ball and keep the game scoreless.
The Red Wolves had their best chance to score in regulation with around two minutes before the end of the second half on a free kick by Carter. She shot the ball from around 20 yards out with the UCA keeper bobbling the ball. A-State was able to get a foot on the ball, but the Bears’ keeper Lauren Mercuri was able to secure the ball before it could be scored.
Central Arkansas held a 23-8 shot advantage on the night and took 13 corner kicks to the Red Wolves’ one.
A-State will take to the road, Sunday Sept. 4 for a non-conference matchup at Murray State. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.