Lady Pilots earn #3 seed in GCAC tournament with 4-1 win over Lady Blazers
October 22, 2005
Shreveport, LA---The LSUS Lady Pilots (11-3, 2-2) ended their freshman season in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference with a 4-1 victory over the Belhaven College Lady Blazers (4-11-1, 1-2-1) Saturday afternoon at The Swamp. Just 2:26 into the first half, Lady Blazers Robin Emfinger found the back of the net for a 1-0 lead. The Lady Pilots however bounced back four unanswered goals to take their GCAC regular season finale 4-1.
After a nine game win streak was snapped after a 3-2 loss at the hands of the 24th ranked University of Mobile Rams last Friday, the Lady Pilots were 0-2 in conference play and in danger of not reaching the post season. The Lady Pilots however answered with a 2-0 decision over Spring Hill College Sunday afternoon, which set the stage for Saturday’s contest between the Lady Pilots and the Lady Blazers who were both looking to sew up a spot in the GCAC Tournament which is to be held in Mobile, AL beginning October 28.
Things looked good for the Lady Blazers early as Lindsey Young capitalized on a poor clearing attempt by the LSUS defense and sent Emfinger in all alone on LSUS goal Keeper Sarah McLean. Emfinger placed a perfect ball in the bottom left corner of the net passed a defenseless McLean to give the Lady Blazers a 1-0 lead just 2:26 into the first half.
The Lady Pilots managed to even the score after Kristin Hardin was fouled in the box while on a partial breakaway which allowed Michelle Williamson to drive home her 4th penalty kick of the year to tie the game at 1-1.
LSUS poured on the pressure throughout the entire first half, out shooting the Lady Blazers 13-2, and managed to capitalize on a loose ball in front of the net after a booming throw in by Katrina Blackwell which was collected by Calandre Singh and struck passed Lady Blazer goal keeper Allyson Claiborne putting the Lady Pilots up 2-1 at the 24:34 mark of the half.
The Lady Pilots managed to put the game away early in the second half when midfielder Julia Vaughan drove a shot off the hands of Claiborne which deflected off the crossbar and in for her first goal of the season at the 52:16 mark. Just 4:12 later, Williamson collected her second goal of the game after a Hannah Jennings corner kick was collected by Singh who set up Williamson for her 9th goal of the year.
LSUS has finished the GCAC regular season with a 2-2 record which makes them the #3 seed at the Conference Tournament which will be held in Mobile, AL beginning Friday, October 28th. The Lady Pilots will have a chance to avenge a 3-1 season opening loss at the hands of William Carey College (3-7-1, 2-1-1) in the semi-final match up which is scheduled for Friday at 4:30pm. The winner will advance to the finals and take on the winner of the University of Mobile (9-4-1, 4-0) versus Spring Hill College (3-8-2, 1-2-1) at 7:00pm Saturday night.
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Belhaven College 4-11-1, (1-2-1) vs LSUS 11-3, (2-2) |
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Date: 10/22/2005 Attendance: 130 |
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Length of Match: 1:45 |
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Site: The Swamp Shreveport, LA |
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Teams |
1st |
2nd |
TOTAL |
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Belhaven College |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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LSUS |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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Cautions and Ejections:
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YC-LSUS #4 (57:00) |
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Shots: LSUS 20 (BLACKWELL 4, BUSSART 2, EVANS 5, HARDIN 1, JENNINGS 2, SINGH 3, VAUGHAN 2, WILLIAMSON 1), Belhaven College 11 (Claiborne 2, Davenport 1, Brusco 3, McMillan 1, Womack 1, Johnson 1, Akers 1, Emfinger 1) |
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Saves: LSUS 7 (MCLEAN 7), Belhaven College 11 (Allyson Claiborne) |
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Referees: Ed Michaud,Cheryl Whistler,Bruce Rose |
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