College of Charleston
Elon
Women's Soccer Falls to Elon in Opening Round of SoCon Tournament
10/31/2010 7:56:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - The College of Charleston women's soccer team fell, 1-0, to Elon in the opening round of the Southern Conference Tournament at Patriots Point on Sunday afternoon.
The Cougars end the season at 9-10-1 (6-4-1 SoCon). Elon improves to 12-7-1 (6-5-1 SoCon) and advances to the semifinals in Cullowhee, N.C.
CofC was the more offensive-minded team and created a lopsided 16-4 shot advantage. Elon was content to possess and keep players behind the ball until the opportunity to strike presented itself.
"As soon as we were paired with Elon we knew we were in for a very tight match," said head coach Christian Michner. "They do an excellent job of putting people behind the ball and making it difficult to move forward.
"We created a ton of chances and took a ton of shots but couldn't get the ball in the back of the net. We gave them one good opportunity and they capitalized on it. That's soccer."
The goal came in the 65th minute when a failed clearance sent Elon on a two-on-one break towards the Cougar goal. Chelsey stark dribbled into the top of the box and fed a late pass to Simi Dhaliwal who had held her run to stay onside and scored to the upper-left corner of the goal.
The goal was the first the Cougars have allowed in four matches.
The Cougars also had a 7-2 corner-kick advantage and threatened severely on several of the set-piece plays but could not get the ball over the goal line.
"It's a tough way to end the season but we're tough and we'll get better," said Michner. "I know this team will learn from it and we will win championships in the near future."
