Patriot Women fall to Bulldogs 2-0
BOILING SPRINGS, NC - Gardner-Webb University scored a goal in each half en route to a 2-0 victory over Francis Marion University, Wednesday evening (Sept. 30) in women's non-conference soccer action.
Francis Marion drops to 1-11-1, while the Bulldogs improve to 6-5-0. The Patriots will next play on Oct. 11 at Eastern Kentucky University.
Sarah Keyser headed in a pass from Megan Tremblay at the 16:43 mark to put GWU up 1-0. Stephanie Benshoof tallied an unassisted goal on a free kick in the 67th minute to account for the other goal.
Gardner-Webb outshot Francis Marion 19-10 and led 9-5 in corner kicks.
Sophomore forward Kiley Williams had four of FMU's shots, including the team's only shot-on-goal which came in the 37th minute. Junior Rebecca Nelson hit the crossbar with a shot in the 34th minute.
Sophomore goalkeeper Casey Durham returned to action for the Patriots and recorded two saves. GWU goalkeeper Samantha Rupert did not register a save while posting the shutout.
Gardner-Webb (6-5-0) def. Francis Marion Univ. (1-11-1) 2-0 Date: Sep 30, 2009 Attendance: 100 Weather: mid 70s, sunny
Goals by period 1 2 Tot ------------------------------- Francis Marion Univ. 0 0 - 0 Gardner-Webb........ 1 1 - 2
SCORING SUMMARY: 1-0. 16:43 GWU KEYSER, Sarah (TREMBLAY, Megan) - header just past keeper 2-0. 66:51 GWU BENSHOOF, Stephanie (unassisted) - free kick delects in off of crossbar pas
Shots: Francis Marion Univ. 10, Gardner-Webb 19 ; Saves: Francis Marion Univ. 4 (Casey Durham 2; TEAM 2), Gardner-Webb 1 (TEAM 1)
