Powell Guides Cougars To First CAA Win Of The Season

Thursday, September 26

Patriots Point

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

6-3-0 1-0-0CAA

Delaware

5-5-0 0-1-0CAA

DELAWARE

Charleston

Photo by: Kim Morgan Gregory Photography

Powell Guides Cougars To First CAA Win Of The Season

9/26/2019 10:01:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Women's Soccer
Final Score: College of Charleston 1, Delaware 0
Location: Mount Pleasant, S.C. (Patriots Point)
Records: Charleston (6-3-0) CAA (1-0-0), Delaware (5-5-0) CAA (0-1-0)
The Short Story: Freshman Grace Powell scored her first CAA goal of her collegiate career to give the Cougars their fourth consecutive win and first conference win of the season.

QUICK FACTS
• Powell scored the lone goal of the match which marked her first CAA goal of her collegiate career.
• Sophomore Naya Boualany registered the sole assist of the night.
• Delaware held the edge in the shots category, 16-12, but the Cougars held the edge in shots on goal, 5-4.
• Senior Talia Colchico logged a game-high four shots.
• Overall, seven different Cougars took a shot at goal.
• CofC registered 11 fouls compared to Delaware's four.
• Junior keepers Meredith Holton and Maggie Berlin split time in the back and registered two saves apiece.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Powell scored the only goal of the match in the 10^th minute when she made a run into the box and knocked the ball into the back of the net from a Boualany corner.
• Holton came up with a big time save in the 37^th minute to keep the Cougars up 1-0 when she faced a dangerous indirect kick from inside the 18.
• Colchico showed off her moves in the 61^st minute after she beat a defender and rocketed a ball towards goal but the shot was tipped by the Delaware keeper into the top crossbar and out of bounds.
• Berlin made a clutch, diving save in the 81^st minute to keep Delaware from tying the score.

HEAD COACH CHRISTIAN MICHNER
"It's a huge way to start the conference season. Obviously in this league, every night is a battle. We talk about 'you have to win your home games and you have to make sure you're ready to defend your home turf and get three points every time at home because you have to try get points on the road'. We'll have our work cut out for us at Drexel. I'm super proud of the girls tonight for their consistent fight and effort through 90 minutes. Credit to Delaware, Mike Barroqueiro has done a fantastic job with that program. They are a difficult team to play against. We were under pressure for a good part of the match, but I thought you saw a great CAA game tonight."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars are set to travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to face off against Drexel on Sunday, Sept. 29 at 11:30 a.m. in CofC's second conference match of the season.