CHARLESTON, SC – Rakel Logadottir scored twice and Amy Carnell had a goal and an assist as UNC Greensboro claimed its first outright Southern Conference women's soccer regular season crown since 1998 with a convincing 7-0 win over The Citadel on Sunday afternoon.
With the win, UNCG claimed its fourth-ever regular season title. UNCG also won the regular season crown outright in 1997 and 1998. The Spartans shared the regular season title with Furman and Western Carolina in 2001. The Spartans also grabbed the No. 1 seed in the Southern Conference Women's Soccer Tournament, which gets underway Thursday at UNCG Soccer Stadium. UNCG will play in the last of four quarterfinal matches on Thursday against eighth-seeded Western Carolina beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m. UNCG defeated the Catamounts, 2-1, at UNCG Soccer Stadium during the regular season.
UNCG has won the SoCon Women's Soccer Tournament five of the seven years that the Spartans have been a member of the conference and has 15-2-1 mark in SoCon Tournament action. UNCG is also unbeaten in its last 15 games at UNCG Soccer Stadium against Southern Conference competition, dating back to the 2002 season.
On Sunday against The Citadel, Karla Davis got the scoring started at the 11:46 mark. Davis, a throw-in specialist for the Spartans, threw the ball from the sideline towards a crowd in the box. The ball was controlled by Bulldog goalkeeper Angie Ellenwood, but not before the ball crossed the goal line, crediting Davis with her first collegiate goal and giving UNCG a 1-0 lead.
UNCG made it 2-0 just over six minutes later when Jamie Ableman scored her second goal of the season and second in as many games with help from Carnell and Nicollette DeLaine. Carnell, a junior from Lake Stevens, WA, made it 3-0 at 25:06 with her team-leading 11th goal of the season to cap the first half scoring.
Logadottir, a senior from Iceland, got into the scoring column to open the second half, recording her third and fourth goals of the season at 50:13 and 56:12, to give UNCG a commanding 5-0 lead.
Dacia Beachum and Shannon Donovan also added goals for the Spartans, who outshot The Citadel, 36-2, and held a 10-1 advantage in corner kicks.
Jennifer Stillman, a junior from Randolph, NJ, recorded her second straight shutout and fifth solo shutout of the season for UNCG. She recorded one save in the win and has allowed just one goal over the last four games. Ellenwood had 15 saves for The Citadel (2-15-1, 0-10-1 SoCon).
With the win, UNCG (13-4-1, 9-1-1 SoCon) ran its unbeaten streak to nine straight games (8-0-1). It was also the 50th win for UNCG coach Eddie Radwanski. He is now 50-31-4 (.612 winning percentage) in four seasons as the head coach of the Spartans.
AGATE
UNCG................ 3 4 - 7
The Citadel......... 0 0 - 0
SCORING SUMMARY: UNCG Karla Davis (unassisted), 11:46; UNCG Jaime Ableman (Nicollette DeLaine; Amy Carnell), 17:52; UNCG Amy Carnell (unassisted), 25:06; UNCG Rakel Logadottir (Jessie Jay; Carolyn Lindsay), 50:13; UNCG Rakel Logadottir (Deven Beachum), 56:12; UNCG Dacia Beachum (Jaime Ableman), 70:23; UNCG Shannon Donovan (Deven Beachum), 84:38. Shots: UNCG 36, The Citadel 2. Saves: UNCG 1 (Jennifer Stillman 1), The Citadel 15 (Angie Ellenwood 15). Corner kicks: UNCG 10, The Citadel 1. Fouls: UNCG 11, The Citadel 10. Offsides: UNCG 8, The Citadel 0.
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