Box score
BANNER ELK, N.C. --- MaryBeth Sullivan
(Greensboro, N.C.) and Jessica O'Leary (Millbury, Mass.) each
scored two goals, as Vickie Rich (Arlington Heights, Ill.) added
three assists to lead the Lees-McRae College women's soccer team to
a 10-0 win over visiting St. Andrews Presbyterian College on
Saturday afternoon in Conference Carolinas play.
Lees-McRae (1-2, 1-0 CC) tallied 51 shots while holding St.
Andrews (1-2, 0-1 CC) without an attempt on goal, as the Bobcats
scored eight times in the first half en route to their largest
margin of victory since LMC posted a 10-0 win over Spartanburg
Methodist College on October 6, 1990.
Sullivan paced the Bobcats with two goals and one assist, while
O'Leary added two goals and Rich tallied a team-high three assists.
Brooke Santerre (Port Republic, Md.) added a goal and two assists,
as Meagan Thornton (Millville, N.J.), Ariana Smith (Jackson, N.J.),
Katy McGee (Hudson, Fla.), and Mary Bowers (Alexandria, Va.) each
found the back of the net in a balanced offensive effort. Senior
Mary Gibson (Hendersonville, Tenn.) also added an assist, while
Alicia Pierson (Brookville, Fla.) and Kaitlyn Briggs (Oviedo, Fla.)
each played one half in goal for the Bobcats.
The Bobcats got on the board less than three minutes into the
match, taking an early 1-0 lead on Sullivan's first of the season
off a cross from Gibson. Thornton doubled the advantage midway
through the ninth minute, tallying her first collegiate goal off a
short corner from Rich. O'Leary pushed the margin to 3-0 late in
the 17th minute, taking possession of a failed clearing attempt 30
yards from goal and delivering a masterful finish into the far
corner of the net.
After Santerre pushed the lead to 4-0 in the 20th minute off a
pair of drop offs from Sullivan and Rich, Sullivan netted her
second goal of the day early in the 24th minute with a lovely
finish into the bottom corner from 20 yards distance. O'Leary
converted from the spot less than a minute later, pushing the
margin to 6-0 before the Bobcats' lead swelled to seven tallies
following an own goal in the 29th minute.
Bowers delivered perhaps the most beautiful goal of the day late
in the 41st minute, sending a glanching header into the back of the
net off a perfect cross from Santerre to send the Bobcats into the
interval with an 8-0 advantage. McGee pushed the margin to 9-0
midway through the 78th minute, redirecting a driven corner from
Rich off a defender and into the back of the net. Smith then added
the final tally of the day in the 83rd minute, delivering a
one-touch finish past the keeper off a free kick from Santerre.
Lees-McRae returns to the pitch on Wednesday when the Bobcats
travel to Bristol, Tenn. to take on conference newcomer King
College in a 3 p.m. matchup.
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