Box Score
Box score
WINGATE, N.C. - The 2012 South Atlantic Conference Player of the
Year, Jade Montgomery tallied two of No. 22 ranked Wingate's three
goals, as the Bulldogs took down Anderson University women's soccer
3-0 in conference action Saturday evening at the WU Soccer
Complex.
The conference setback snaps Anderson's three-match winning
streak and moves the Trojans' SAC record to an even 3-3-4 with one
conference match remaining. Overall, the Trojans fall to 5-7-4 on
the year. Wingate (11-2-3, 7-2-1 SAC) continues to battle with
Lenoir-Rhyne for the conference lead as the teams are now
deadlocked for the top spot in the league with 22 points
apiece.
The first 45 minutes of the match went in favor of the Trojans,
as AU outshot the nationally-ranked Bulldogs, 6-5, while senior
goalkeeper Kaitlyn Neipp recorded just one save for the period.
Despite the impressive start to the match, Wingate notched the
contest's opening goal in the 55th minute when forward Chandler
Murphy fired a shot that hit the AU post. After the ball bounced
off the goal, it fell to Montgomery's feet who flicked in ball into
the net to hand WU the second half lead.
Montgomery would add her second tally in the 87th minute when
she headed in a goal from a Taryn Grivois pass. Montgomery
continues to lead the SAC in goals scored, adding her 12th and 13th
tally of the season. For her impressive three-year career,
Montgomery has poured in 47 goals after leading the country in 2012
with 21.
Wingate would eventually add its third and final goal of the
night when Montgomery assisted Murphy in the 89th minute. Murphy
lobbed a shot over Neipp to clinch the 3-0 win.
For the Trojans, senior Krystal Goss and freshman Tera Dolan
paced the offense with four shots apiece. Goss and freshman Helena
Moore when the lone members of the AU lineup to trouble Wingate's
goalkeeping duo of Carly Rives and Ashlyn Hardie, who played a half
apiece. With Wingate's goal in the final half, Rives would
eventually earn the victory in goal. Neipp, who totaled four saves
for the evening, suffers her first loss since a 2-0 defeat at
Lenoir-Rhyne on Oct. 12.
"Tonight we played like a complacent team," Anderson head coach
Samar Azem said. "We pushed numbers forward, but gave up two goals
late and we need to capitalize on our chances. We have to change
our mentality if we want to be one of the best teams in the league
or things won't change for us. We have a week to see where things
fall in the conference and have a lot of work to do."
Anderson wraps up its regular season and conference schedule
with a key contest with Carson-Newman on Nov. 2. Kickoff from
Trojan Stadium is set for 1 p.m.