Laurinburg, N.C.----The Wingate University women’s soccer scored two second half goals, picking up a 2-0 non-conference victory over host St. Andrews Presbyterian College on a wet Monday afternoon. The number seven team in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region, Wingate is 9-2-3 overall. The SAPC Knights fall to 3-13-0 after losing their third consecutive tilt.
After a hand ball call inside the SAPC box was whistled, Wingate sophomore defender
Kelly Moldenhauer (Charlotte, N.C.) confidently put the visitors on the board with a low penalty kick to the right corner of the Knights goal. Moldenhauer’s match winner was her second tally of the season.
Bulldog junior forward
Hannah Holsclaw (Matthews, N.C.) added a late insurance goal in the final 90 seconds after receiving a pass from freshman forward
Brandi Baldwin (Indian Trail, N.C.) in the 89th minute. Holsclaw lopped a high shot from inside the 18-yard line over Knights’ senior goalie
Becca Knott (Jacksonville, N.C.) and into the back twine for her fifth score of the year.
Knott kept the Royal Blue and White in the game with nine saves, including several diving stops. Wingate finished with a 29-3 shot cushion and 8-1 corner kick advantage. Freshman net minder
Carly Rives (Matthews, N.C.) made one save in each half to preserve the Bulldogs’ eighth clean sheet of 2010.
St. Andrews had twice as many scoring chances negated by offsides calls (4-2) than the Bulldogs. Junior
Chelsea Ross (Newark, N.Y.) had the Knights’ best scoring opportunities with a shot on goal in the first half and a second half one-timer that sailed wide. Classmate
Olivia Taylor (Fountain Inn, S.C.) had SAPC’s other shot on goal.
Wingate entertains SAC foe Anderson (S.C.) University on Wednesday at 4 p.m. St. Andrews Presbyterian concludes non-conference play at Methodist University on Wednesday at 5 p.m.