Hickory, N.C.-- The No. 15 Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Soccer Team surged past Wingate 2-1 in an overtime thriller decided by a late
Kara Gavaghan winner Thursday evening.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 2, Wingate 1
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (6-1-1, 5-1-1 SAC), Wingate (2-3-2, 2-3-2 SAC)
Locations: Hickory, N.C. | Moretz Sports Complex
STATS OF THE MATCH:
- The match started off scoreless throughout the first half.
- Wingate led LR 4-3 in shots in the first half.
- Gavaghan would open the game in the 71' scoring off an assist from Amanda Macfarlane and Allie Zueger.
- Wingate would answer in the 74' to equalize the game 1-1 off a goal from McKenna Delong.
- The match would go to overtime, but Gavaghan would take advantage of a cross by Allie Zueger and guide it in the goal for the game winner in the 93'.
- Wingate outshot LR 13-5 in the match.
- Grayson Cameron collected four saves on the match.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- The Bears now move to second place in their pod.
- With two assists tonight, Zueger now moves into sole possession of 1st in the SAC in assists with seven.
- With those four saves today Cameron now sits in third in the SAC conference with 37 saves.
UP NEXT: Lenoir-Rhyne will be back in action Monday April 5th at home for the quarterfinal of the SAC tournament against Carson-Newman at 5:00 p.m.