No. 11 Carson-Newman Women’s Soccer Earns 3-1 Victory To Win Fifth SAC Title
NEWBERRY, S.C. – The No. 11 Carson-Newman College Women’s Soccer Team (15-2-1, 6-1-1 SAC) scored two goal in the final five minutes of the match to defeat Newberry College (13-4-1, 5-2-1 SAC) by a 3-1 margin Saturday afternoon to win the fifth South Atlantic Conference Title in school history.
NEWBERRY, S.C. – The No. 11 Carson-Newman
College Women’s Soccer Team (15-2-1, 6-1-1 SAC) scored two
goal in the final five minutes of the match to defeat Newberry
College (13-4-1, 5-2-1 SAC) by a 3-1 margin Saturday afternoon to
win the fifth South Atlantic Conference Title in school
history.
The Lady Eagles were helped to the league crown by Lenoir-Rhyne
University, which upset Tusculum College, 2-1 in overtime in
Hickory Saturday.
After a scoreless first half, senior forward Nikki
Brannen (Soddy Daisy, Tenn.) gave the Lady Eagles a 1-0
lead when she chipped a pass from junior defender Melissa
Morris (Sweetwater, Tenn.) past the keeper in the 58th
minute.
It looked as if the result would be 1-nil for the visitors, but
Newberry equalized with 5:32 left in the contest as Sara Geisman
converted a penalty kick for the goal.
Less than a minute and a half later, freshman midfielder
Lizeth Munguia (Wilmington, N.C.) received a cross
from sophomore forward Trenna Howell (Oak Ridge,
Tenn.) and tapped it in for the 2-1 lead.
Carson-Newman got the insurance goal with just 50 seconds left in
the match. After the Lady Eagles were awarded a corner kick, Howell
bent the serve in to the net to make the score 3-1.
C-N sophomore Lauren MacKenzie (Barrie, Ontario,
CANADA) picked up the win in goal with six saves while
Newberry’s Emily Rhoades tallied four saves in the losing
effort.
As the #1 seed in the 2009 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference
Tournament, Carson-Newman must await the result of a tie-breaker
between Brevard College and Mars Hill College before the Lady
Eagles will know their tournament quarterfinal opponent. The match
will take place Tuesday at McCown Field with the kickoff time yet
to be determined.
