KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Just 24 hours after their season-opening win, the Campbellsville University women's soccer team earn their second-straight 2-1 win as they defeated Carolina University Tuesday afternoon in NCCAA Championship Pool Play.
Despite the close final result, the game was dominated by the Lady Tigers as they outshot the Bruins 22-5 over the 90 minutes of action with Campbellsville taking 11 shots in each half. Of their 22 total shots, 14 of them were directed on net with the Bruins' goalkeeper making 12 saves to keep Carolina in the game.
Seven of those saves from Carolina's Jamison Calhoun came in the scoreless first half as Campbellsville failed to break through on their 11 shot attempts combined to only one coming from the Bruins.
Finally, in the 65
th minute, senior
Molly Hall broke through with her second goal in as many games as she converted on a penalty kick after a Carolina handball in the box. That was Hall's 40
th career goal at Campbellsville as she becomes only the third player in school history to reach that mark behind Mhairi Fyfe (64) and Jessica Ralph (53).
Hall added on to the Campbellsville lead less than 10 minutes later as she scored in the 72
nd minute on an assist from
Rebecca Lilley to make it a 2-0 Lady Tiger lead late in the game.
The Bruins stepped up their pressure after that moment as they took three of their four shots in the final 16 minutes of the game while also earning a penalty kick in the 78
th minute. Aaliyah Rubio was able to convert to cut the lead in half at 2-1 with just over 10 minutes left to play.
Calhoun continued to make saves late in the game to keep the one-goal deficit before a foul on Campbellsville with under a minute left in the game. Rubio lined up a free kick outside of the box that was ticketed for the goal, but Campbellsville's
Katelyn Young made a diving save with about 11 seconds left to clinch the game for the Lady Tigers in regulation.
This win puts Campbellsville at 2-0 on the season and in the tournament with a Thursday meeting with Dallas Baptist scheduled for 12 p.m. ET to determine the winner of Pool B and one half of the NCCAA National Championship game.
