Longwood gets back above .500 after convincing shutout over Charleston Southern
Last week Longwood’s women’s soccer team (7-6-3) tied with Presbyterian (3-7-3), 3-3, and picked up a big win over the weekend shutting out Charleston Southern (5-10-1), 2-0.
The Lancers were winless in their last four games preceding CSU. Longwood scored a goal in each half to cap one of their best performances of the season.
According to Longwood athletics’ website, the Lancers outshot CSU 25-9 over the course of the game.
Sophomore midfielder Amanda Spencer scored her, team leading, seventh goal of the season, and added an assist; while sophomore forward Christina Corbin also scored, recording her third of the season.
The shutout came from the strong hands of freshman goalkeeper, Maria Kirby, who is 2-1 between the posts this season and has 12 saves.
The win puts the Lancers back into the seventh spot in the conference standings with only three games remaining.
Longwood Head Coach, Todd Dyer, was quoted on LongwoodLancers. com saying, “Earning a shutout on our home field makes it that much sweeter. We came out with energy early on, and that’s usually going to get us on the right track. We need more consistency over 90 minutes, and I still believe our best soccer is ahead of us.”
The Lancers go to Campbell tonight, Oct. 22, who have won four of their last five games, before returning home Saturday to host UNC Asheville for senior night.
This 2014 season has been a slightly mediocre year for the Lancers. Even though they are third in the conference in points, 82, and second in the conference in goals, 30, they have had a tough time defensively giving up 28 goals on the season, an average of 1.75 per game.
They end the year on the road at Liberty, who is at the top of the conference, but if they could pull out a win and finish on a four game winning streak, there is a good possibility that they could keep it rolling into the conference tournament.
At the moment, the Lancers stand at 7-6-3 overall on the season, while they are just 2-3-2 in the Big South Conference. But with three crucial Big South games remaining, they could make a climb in the standings.
If they win out and somehow reach the fourth seed they would host a Big South Conference tournament game, while any other result will mean going on the road in the first round and likely the rest of the way.
