CofC Women's Soccer Falls to UNC Wilmington, 2-1 - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

Friday, September 8

Patriot's Point

7 p.m.

College of Charleston

UNCW

CofC Women's Soccer Falls to UNC Wilmington, 2-1 - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

9/8/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

UNC Wilmington at CofC 09/08/2006 (.htm)

An early first half goal by sophomore Katie Browne for the Cougars was not enough as CofC lost a hard-fought 2-1 decision against UNC Wilmington before 213 spectators at Patriots Field on Friday.

UNC Wilmington (4-1-0) scored the first goal in the match with an unassisted strike from Ashley Church in the first minute of action to give the Seahawks an early 1-0 advantage.

CofC (2-2-0) responded in the fourth minute with a goal from Browne, which was assisted by sophomore Gia D'Agostino.

However, UNCW scored the game-winning goal of the match in the 38th minute from an unassisted goal by Erica Roberts.

"We played hard throughout the match, but we made some critical mistakes in the first half that were costly," said Cougars head coach Kevin Dempsey. "We gave up those two goals in the first half and those were tough to overcome."

The Cougars closest chance to tie the match came in the 51st minute when freshman Chrissy Caruso made a shot that went past the Seahawks goalkeeper but hit the crossbar.

"We executed our game plan better in the second half, especially Caruso's shot that just missed going in," said Dempsey. "We will continue to improve our play through our non-conference schedule and mature as a young team."

CofC had 5 shots in the match, while UNC Wilmington had 12.

Freshman Sarah Wiggers had 9 saves in the match for the Cougars.

CofC returns to action on Sept. 15 when they face the University of North Florida at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant. The match will begin at 7 p.m.

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