Box Score Rock Hill, S.C.----Wingate University women’s soccer senior goalkeeper
Miriam Boucher (Calgary, Alberta) saved a penalty kick and the final Tusculum College attempt sailed wide as the Bulldogs advanced to the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference championship match with a 4-3 penalty kick shootout decision Friday evening at Manchester Meadows.
Wingate and Tusculum were tied 1-1 after regulation and two 10-minute overtimes. The Bulldogs advance to the conference championship match for the third consecutive season. Wingate is 14-1-2 overall, while Tusculum is 12-3-3 overall. The Bulldogs play Lenoir-Rhyne Sunday at 1 p.m.
“This team has something special,” Wingate head coach
Gary Curneen says. “We had character to come from behind and the belief to stick with it. We are looking forward to Sunday; hopefully we can produce another performance on a big occasion.”
Tusculum shot first in the penalty kick shootout. Sophomore midfielder
Jana Linke (Freiburg, Germany) made the first PK. Wingate senior defender
Kelly Moldenhauer (Mint Hill, N.C.) converted the Bulldogs’ initial PK. Pioneer junior defender
Monica Perez (Austin, Texas) and Bulldog sophomore forward
Jade Montgomery (Monroe, N.C.) traded PKs.
Pioneer junior defender
Carly Whitman (Rochelle, Ill.) was successful on Tusculum’s third penalty kick. Bulldog senior forward
Shelby Forza (Pickering, Ontario) found the back of the nets on Wingate’s third try. Boucher saved the penalty kick by TC sophomore midfielder
Nikki Arthur (Brights Grove, Ontario). After Wingate sophomore midfielder
Katie Simpson (Indian Trail, N.C.) made her PK, Tusculum junior defender
Amy Morford (Versailles, Ky.) missed her opportunity to end the contest.
Tusculum struck first in regulation, as senior forward
Tramicka James (Wilson, N.C.) scored on an assist from freshman defender
Alisha Pugh (Sandy, Bedfordshire, England) in the 53rd minute. Moldenhauer tied the contest in the 81st minute on a penalty kick, setting the stage for the two wild overtimes and the penalty kick shootout.
Wingate outshot Tusculum 26-12. The Bulldogs held an 11-5 advantage in shots on goal. Montgomery took a match-high 11 shots, with four on goal. Boucher had four saves, while Tusculum sophomore goalkeeper
Marissa Williams (Canton, Mich.) recorded nine saves. Both student-athletes went the distance Friday evening.
2012 SAC Women's Soccer
Tusculum vs Wingate (Nov 02, 2012 at Rock Hill, S.C.)
Tusculum (12-3-3) vs. Wingate (14-1-2)
Date: Nov 02, 2012 Attendance: 250
Weather: Partly cloudy, breezy, mid 60s
Goals by period 1 2 OT O2 SO Tot
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Tusculum............ 0 1 0 0 0 - 1
Wingate............. 0 1 0 0 0 - 1
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 52:20 TCW Tramicka James (11) (Alisha Pugh)
2. 80:16 WU Kelly Moldenhauer (2) (Penalty kick)
SHOOTOUT RESULTS:
Tusculum: 9/Y 10/Y 25/Y 13/N 14/N
Wingate: 3/Y 26/Y 12/Y 8/Y
Wingate wins shootout 4-3
Shots: Tusculum 12, Wingate 26
Saves: Tusculum 10 (Marissa Williams 9; TEAM 1),
Wingate 4 (Miriam Boucher 4)
2012 Food Lion South Atlantic Conf. Tournament semifinals
Tusculum #3 seed, Wingate #2 seed
