Tigerville, SC – Southern Wesleyan fell to the North Greenville Crusaders on Tuesday evening in a 5-0 final score.
The Warriors collected eight hits in the loss with five of those shots being on goal.
Cayla Hughes led the Warriors with two shots while five players had solo shots on goal. Southern Wesleyan had four corner kicks.
Taylor Hanzel played all ninety minutes in goal and collected eight saves.
Game Vitals
Final: North Greenville 5, Southern Wesleyan 0
Records: Southern Wesleyan (2-8-1 / CC 2-5) North Greenville (7-3-3 / CC 6-1-1)
How It Happened
Southern Wesleyan attacked early as
Cayla Hughes took a shot, but it went wide right. However, North Greenville countered with several attacks of their own off the feet of Megan Biehl and Camryn Pagliaro, but the Warriors defense stayed strong. Biehl and Emma Shearer each took shots on goal, but
Taylor Hanzel saved the attacks to keep the game tied 0-0. The Crusaders scored the first goal of the game off the foot of Faith Knoedler to give North Greenville a 1-0 advantage. North Greenville extended their lead minutes later as Kayla Cruise scored to give the Crusaders a 2-0 lead. Despite a late shot on goal by
Grace Williams that Lizzy Luzzi saved, the Warriors trailed the Crusaders 2-0 at half.
The Crusaders pushed forward as a foul in the box resulted in a penalty kick. Faith Knoedler took the penalty kick to score the third goal of the game for North Greenville. Southern Wesleyan countered as both
Joy Namyst and
Hope Robson took shots on the goal, but Luzzi saved the ball to keep the Warriors from cutting into their lead. Despite trailing the Crusaders, the Warriors continued to push forward with shots by
Jenny Arenas,
Hayleigh Von Ins and
Leslie Lagos. However, Southern Wesleyan fell to North Greenville in a 5-0 final score in the end.
What's Next
Southern Wesleyan will next host the Chowan Hawks on October 16 at noon. The Warriors will then travel to Franklin Springs, GA to take on the Emmanuel Lions on October 19 at 5 p.m. They will remain on the road on October 23 as they travel to take on the UNC Pembroke Braves in Pembroke, NC at 1 p.m.
