WILMINGTON, North Carolina
- Senior Stephanie Rose tallied four points on a goal and two assists to lead
UNCW to a 3-2 victory over Davidson in collegiate women's soccer action Sunday
at the UNCW Soccer Stadium.
The Seahawks improved to 2-2-1 on the season with the
victory as it picked up its fourth win in five tries against the Wildcats, who slipped
to 1-3-0 with the one-goal setback.
Following a two-hour delay due to weather, Davidson opened
the scoring at the 13:16 mark as sophomore Stephanie Piperno collected a loose
ball at the top of the box and fired a shot that deflected off a UNCW defender
and into the goal for the game's first tally.
UNCW leveled the score at 1-all in the 36th minute when Rose
found freshman Morgan Leyble with a pass inside the box before the Jacksonville,
N.C., product buried a shot into the lower left hand corner of the net for her
second goal in as many contests.
Rose put the Seahawks ahead, 2-1, at the 56:59 mark, using a
through ball from junior Nicole Costa to get behind the defense before placing
a shot just inside the left post for her first goal of the campaign.
UNCW would stretch its lead to 3-1 less than three minutes later.
Senior Amanda Holmes took a feed from Rose at the top of the box and place into
the left side of the net for her first goal of the season . Sophomore Stephanie
Bronson was also credited with an assist on the play.
Davidson cut the Seahawks cushion in half in the 69th minute
as junior Tori Krause knocked home a loose ball on a goalmouth scramble for her
second strike of the season.
The Wildcats had a chance to tie the game in the final
minutes, but freshman Sarah Tuggle's shot attempt on a breakaway opportunity
went just wide of the goal.
Senior keeper Caitlin Hunter made nine saves in goal for the
Seahawks. Junior Renae Cairns got the
start in net for the Wildcats and made three saves before being replaced in the
65th minute by sophomore Rachel Locke, who finished with two stops.
UNCW held a slim 16-15 edge in shots taken in the contest
and enjoyed a 6-5 advantage in corner kicks taken.
Both teams return to action Friday. UNCW hosts Campbell in
action in the UNCW Courtyard Marriott Wilmington Invitational at 7:30 p.m.
Davidson entertains Clemson in a 7 p.m. kickoff.
