Rock Hill, S.C.— Winthrop scored two second half goals to earn a 2-0 win at UNC Asheville, Sunday afternoon in Big South Conference women's soccer action.
Winthrop (2-2-0, 2-2-0 Big South) 2, UNC Asheville (0-4-0, 0-4-0 Big South) 0
Mar. 14, 2021 | Greenwood Field
Winthrop Starters: Harris (GK), Claxton, Loveland, Perez, Castro, Gengler, Uptegrove, Greene, Guest, Fudala, Massey
UNC Asheville Starters: O'Malley (GK), Walker, Clark, McCluskey, Duenas, Kwiatkowski, Oyos, Sollom, Boyd, Gutman, Carter
Goals
53'' – WINTHROP – Colwick (Hovis)
72' – WINTHROP – Uptegrove (Feskorn)
Game Recap
- Asheville applied the pressure on the offensive end in the 30 minutes of the match
- The Bulldogs had 10 shots with six of them on frame over the course of the first 28 minutes
- Winthrop's first shot of the game came in the 35th minute as Leah Greene's shot was saved by Courtney O'Malley
- The game was scoreless at the half with the Bulldogs holding an 11-3 advantage in shots
- Eagles broke the tie in the 53rd minute when Bella Hovis delivered a ball in front of goal and Katie Colwick ran on and headed it home
- Winthrop made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute as the goal came moments after a corner kick
- Mackenzie Scandrett took the corner that was punched out to the top of the 18 by the goalie
- Katy Feskorn took a shot that was deflected right to Lauren Uptegrove who settled, turned and slipped a shot by the goalie for the two goal lead
- The Bulldogs had 22-9 advantage in shots, and 8-5 in shots on goal
- Ashlynn Harris made eight saves to record her first shutout of the year and fifth of her career
Looking Ahead
Winthrop is back in action as it remains on the road when it takes on Presbyterian College on Thursday, Mar. 18 at 7 p.m.
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