College of Charleston
Georgia Southern
Women's Soccer Takes Down Georgia Southern, 2-0
10/17/2010 8:16:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - The College of Charleston women's soccer team got past Georgia Southern in Southern Conference action at Patriots Point on Sunday afternoon. The Cougars monopolized possession and forced the Eagles to play defensive soccer to come away with the 2-0 win.
The win improves the Cougars to 7-9 (4-4 SoCon). Georgia Southern is 5-10 (2-6 SoCon) with the setback.
"We knew Georgia Southern would come here tough and throw off our rhythm, which is exactly what they did," said head coach Christian Michner. "We did a better job of controlling our pace as the game went on and came away with two great goals. Give credit to our girls for sticking to it and not getting frustrated."
CofC posted a 13-4 shot advantage and put six on frame compared to the Eagles' one.
The Cougars threatened early and often and finally broke through in the 36th minute when Swat Dash (Scottsdale, Ariz.) beautifully threaded a ball through the defense to a streaking Sarah Schaidle (Simpsonville, S.C.). Dash sent Schaidle in one-on-one with the keeper and she capitalized to the far post from 11 yards. The goal was Schaidle's team-high seventh of the year.
The Cougars solidified their lead in the 58th minute when Hannah Gmerek (Anderson, S.C.) sent a ball from the left touchline into Hope Atkinson (Rumson, N.J.) who scored her fifth of the season to put CofC up 2-0.
The Cougars stay at home to play Furman on Friday, Oct. 22 at Patriots Point. The SoCon bout is slated to start at 7 p.m.
