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Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Eagles Earn 1-1 Draw With Balliet's Goal In The 89th Minute

Rock Hill, S.C. – Sophia Balliet scored her first collegiate goal in the 89th minute to help Winthrop earned a 1-1 draw with The Citadel, Sunday evening in the season opener for both teams.
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Winthrop (0-0-1, 0-0-0 Big South) 1, The Citadel (0-0-1, 0-0-0 SoCon) 1
Aug. 20, 2023 | Eagle Field
Scoring Summary
23' – THE CITADEL – Paez (Grantham)
89' – WINTHROP – Balliet (unassisted)
Game Recap
  • The Eagles created some chances offensively over the first 6-7 minutes
  • In the 5th minute Monssi Avila-Gutierrez collected a loose ball as the Eagles forced a turnover and she turned to line up a shot from just outside the box which went right at the keeper
  • In the 6th minute the Eagles forced another give away in the back as Ally Bender won the ball and the slipped a pass behind the defense into the box as Annabel Thomas ran on
  • Thomas then struck a shot first time about eight yards out as Nora Sampson made a diving save to her right
  • Thomas tracked down the rebound and fired a left footed shot on frame that was turned away by Sampson to keep the Eagles off the board
  • In the 17th minute, Thomas tested Sampson again with a shot from outside the box toward the top left corner as Sampson leaped and tipped the ball over for a corner
  • Six minutes later the Bulldogs had their best chance over the first 22 minutes as Samantha Grantham split the Eagles back line with a long ball that was tracked down by Ariana Paez and she calmly placed a shot into the lower left corner after entering the box
  • The Eagles trailed 1-0 at the break, but did find the equalizer in the 89th minute
  • The Eagles pushed forward looking to tie the match as Avila-Gutierrez slipped a ball through to Bryn Radvanski as she ran into the area and as she tried to strike the ball it was tackled away for a corner kick
  • Sophia Balliet curled a service in front of goal and curved the ball over the head of Sampson in goal as it dropped in the back of the net to tie the match at 1-1
Notables
  • The Eagles are now 2-0-1 in their last three season openers
  • Both teams finished with 10 shots in the match as the Eagles had a 7-4 advantage in shots on goal
  • Sampson finished the game with six saves while Izzy Giarrizzi had three
  • Balliet is the first Winthrop freshman to score in a season opener since JoJo Taylor did so in 2015 in a 1-1 draw with Western Carolina
Looking Ahead
Eagles remain at home for their next contest as they'll host Western Carolina on Wednesday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. The game will air on ESPN+.
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