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C-N C-N (9-4-3 (7-3-1 SAC))
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Winner Lenoir-Rhyne LR (10-4-2 (8-3 SAC))
C-N C-N
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Lenoir-Rhyne LR
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C-N C-N 1 1 2
Lenoir-Rhyne LR 3 0 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Women's Soccer Secures Top 4 SAC Seed in Win Over C-N

HICKORY, N.C. - Needing a win or a tie to earn a top four seed and a home game in the first round of the SAC Tournament, the Lenoir-Rhyne women's soccer team scored three first half goals en route to a 3-2 win over rival Carson-Newman in the regular season finale. The Bears have secured the 3-seed in the upcoming SAC Tournament, and will take on 6-seed Limestone at the Moretz Sports Complex on Saturday evening in the SAC Tournament quarterfinals.

Kara Gavaghan scored her first two goals of the season including the game-winning goal to lead LR to victory tonight. 

"The game plan all week was to get after it from an attacking standpoint," said head coach Gary Higgins. "All three goals we scored tonight were scrappy, and they weren't really pretty, and that's what you have to do when you're in a little bit of a slump like we were losing two games in a row. The girls fought so hard all game long, but especially that first half."

INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 3, Carson-Newman 2
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (10-4-2, 8-3 SAC), Carson-Newman (9-4-3, 7-3-1 SAC)
Location: Hickory, N.C. | Moretz Sports Complex

STATS OF THE MATCH
  • Carson-Newman opened the scoring with a goal from Emilee Futrell in the 6th minute.
  • LR answered back just two minutes later with a penalty kick goal from Leonie Proessl. It was Proessl's team leading 10th goal of the year and her first career penalty kick goal.
  • The Bears added their 2nd and 3rd goals within 11 minutes of each other in the first half, both clean ups by Kara Gavaghan after a mess of bodies and deflections around the net. 
  • The Eagles got a penalty kick goal of their own from Addie Henry in the 83rd minute to make the last seven minutes of the game tight.
  • The Bears outshot C-N 19-14 and 8-5 with shots on goal.
  • LR had six corner kicks in the game to C-N's one. 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Lenoir-Rhyne didn't score a goal in the previous two losses (both 1-0). They scored three in the first half on Wednesday night. 
  • The two goals were Gavaghan's first since she scored both Bear goals in the regular season finale overtime win over Wingate in the spring season.
  • This was LR's 3rd straight win over Carson-Newman. The Bears have only lost to the Eagles twice since 2010. 
  • This the 4th straight season LR will host a SAC Tournament game. 
UP NEXT: The Bears host Limestone in the first round of the SAC Tournament on Saturday. 5 p.m. kickoff from Moretz Sports Complex. 
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