Women's Soccer
Final Score: College of Charleston 4, Winthrop 1
Location: Rock Hill, S.C. (Eagles Field)
Records: Charleston (2-2-0) CAA (0-0-0), Winthrop (0-3-0) Big South (0-0-0)
The Short Story: Farmer, Koomen and Mannetta propel Cougars past Eagles with dominant second-half performance, all scoring their first goals of the season.
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QUICK FACTS
• Sophomore
Hannah Farmer scored her first two goals of the season while juniors
Katrina Koomen and
Haley Mannetta logged their first goal of the season, as well.
• Farmer, along with junior
Maddie Cybulski and freshman
Caitlyn Gonzalez, dished out an assist in the victory.
• CofC held the edge in shots, 25-7, and shots on goal, 13-3.
• Overall, 12 different Cougars took a shot at goal.
• Farmer and Koomen registered a game-high five shots apiece.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
• Farmer scored the first goal of the night for the Cougars to even the score at 1-1 in the 16
th minute when she slotted home the rebounded ball off the crossbar to score her first goal of the season.
• In the 56
th minute, Farmer scored her second goal of the match to extend the Cougar lead to 2-1 when she put away Cybulski's rebounded shot off the Eagles keeper.
• Koomen extended CofC's lead to 3-1 in the 66
th minute when she shot a rocket from the edge of the box after receiving a Gonzalez pass to log her first goal of the season.
• Mannetta registered her first goal of the season after she put away Famer's saved shot to make the score 4-1 in the 87
th minute.
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HEAD COACH CHRISTIAN MICHNER
"I'm so proud of this team. It's not easy to play at your best under these circumstances and I really want to give so much credit to the girls for being resilient throughout the 90 minutes. Winthrop is a good team and pushed us to be at our best. Happy with this win but our minds are definitely in Charleston with the folks there. We are praying that our beautiful city comes through okay."
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WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars are set to travel to Wilmington, N.C. to take place in the UNCW Soccer Invitational on Friday, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. as they face off against Virginia Tech, followed by a match on Sunday, Sept. 15 against Radford at 11 a.m.
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