College of Charleston
SC State (Exhibition)
Women's Soccer Blanks SC State In Exhibition
8/13/2010 2:33:00 AM | Women's Soccer
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - The College of Charleston's women's soccer team competed in its sole exhibition match on Thursday night when it played host to the Lady Bulldogs of South Carolina State. The Cougars found the net four times while blanking the Lady Bulldogs in the contest.
CofC outshot SC State by a margin of 13-3 and put eight shots on target. The Cougars produced five corner-kick opportunities compared to SC State's one in the friendly.
"It was a good exhibition for us," said head coach Christian Michner. "We're only six days into practice but we saw some really good performances by some our players."
The game featured three periods of 30 minutes each with a running clock.
The Cougars opened the scoring in the 27th minute when Emilie Huser (Fort Wayne, Ind.) threaded a brilliant ball into the box between two crashing defenders and onto the foot of Sloane Levin (Hamburg, Mich.). Levin played the ball on a single touch past the sprawling keeper to make the score 1-0.
Huser displayed her field vision and creativity once again early in the second period when she played a ball deep into the box from the right side of the field. Haley Hutchens (Irmo, S.C.) found her way behind the defense to receive the entry pass and played a header off the crossbar and into the back of the net to make the score 2-0 in the 36th minute.
The Bulldogs saw their best attempt with a minute remaining in the second period. From a 30-yard set piece, SC State played a long ball into the box which pulled CofC keeper Cricket Wise (Walhalla, S.C.) off her line to snag the ball out of the air.
Sarah Schaidle (Simpsonville, S.C.) furthered CofC's effort in the 67th minute with a long run down the heart of the Bulldogs' defense. Schaidle split multiple defenders and ripped a shot from the top of the box into the top left corner of the net, well out of reach of the diving goalkeeper.
Swat Dash added a goal with 12:32 remaining in the final period when she made a long run up the left side of the field. She battled through the left side of the box before chipping the ball over the keeper's head from 15 yards away and a virtually impossible angle along the end line.
"Everyone on the team held themselves accountable and we scored some great goals along the way," Michner said. "We certainly have some things to touch on and work on that we haven't had time to get to yet, but it was a great 90 minutes for our kids."
The Cougars will open the 2010 regular season on Friday, Aug 20 with a home match against Kennesaw State at 7 p.m. at Patriots Point.
