Women's Soccer

Lady Tiger offense comes to halt in MSC semifinals

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Campbellsville women's offense came to a halt tonight in the Mid-South Conference soccer semifinals. Two-seed Cumberland University eliminated the three-seed Lady Tigers, 1-0.



 

Campbellsville's offense was cooled off after scoring 45 goals in the previous eight games. The Lady Tigers could only muster four shots and two on goal – both in the first half and every shot came in the first 13:44 of the match.

 

Campbellsville came out of the gates running as Mhairi Fyfe and Aris Kuntz both had shots on goal but were unable to get past the Cumberland goalkeeper Lindsay Kitson.

 

Cumberland U's Taylor Nay gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead after sneaking a ball past the Amanda Howard. Nay fought off a CU defender and beat Howard before falling to the turf, picking up her 13th goal.

 

Howard kept the Lady Tigers in the game after picking up a season-high nine saves in the first half. She made diving saves on breakaway attempts, twice keeping the match at 1-0. Cumberland out-shot the Lady Tigers 12-4 in the first half.

 

Howard, a second-team All-MSC performer, finished the match with a career-high 13 saves. But the offensive charge could not maintain possession and give the Lady Tigers a chance. Cumberland University had nine second-half shots and four were on goal, all saved by Howard. But the majority of the possession was kept on the Bulldog end of the field.

 

Campbellsville will now enter into the NCCAA Mid-East Regional against NCAA DII Lee University. The Lady Tigers will travel to Cleveland, Tenn. on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET. Check back next week for complete information about the NCCAA Mid-East Regional and National Championships.

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Players Mentioned

Mhairi Fyfe

#9 Mhairi Fyfe

Fwd.
Sophomore
Amanda Howard

#1 Amanda Howard

GK
Freshman
Aris Kuntz

#21 Aris Kuntz

Fwd.
Junior

Players Mentioned

Mhairi Fyfe

#9 Mhairi Fyfe

Sophomore
Fwd.
Amanda Howard

#1 Amanda Howard

Freshman
GK
Aris Kuntz

#21 Aris Kuntz

Junior
Fwd.