BANNER ELK, N.C. –
Taylor Barrineau scored twice, while
Pali Smith,
Alexa Todd, and
Sierra Shuey also scored, to lead the Lees-McRae women's soccer team to a 5-0 shutout victory over the visiting Southern Wesleyan on Senior Day to officially clinch the No. 4 seed in the Conference Carolinas postseason tournament.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Lees-McRae – 5; Southern Wesleyan – 0
LOCATION: Tate Field – Banner Elk, North Carolina
RECORDS: Lees-McRae (11-3-2/8-2-2), Southern Wesleyan (2-13-1/2-10)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lees-McRae stormed out of the gates by opening the scoring just three minutes into the contest as Smith scored her third goal of the season on an assist from Todd.
- The Bobcats tallied two more shots-on-goal in the next seven minutes and were rewarded in the 14th minute as Todd collected a cross by Gwen O'Brien and buried her fifth goal of the season to extend the lead.
- Lees-McRae closed out its first-half scoring in the 28th minute as Barrineau scored her fifth goal of the season, unassisted, to extend the Bobcats lead to 3-0.
- After 20 minutes of scoreless action to open up the second half, Barrineau scored her second goal of the game and sixth of the season off an assist by Smith to extend the lead to 4-0.
- The Bobcats closed out the scoring in the 67th minute as Shuey scored her first goal of the season on a header off a cross by O'Brien.
- Lees-McRae held a 17-4 advantage in shots and a 10-1 edge in shots-on-goal.
- Mallory Roughton and Haile Desmarais combined to clinch the Bobcat's ninth shutout this season, making one save.
FOR THE FOES:
- Samantha Benner and Taylor Hanzel combined to make five saves in net for Southern Wesleyan.
UP NEXT:
The Bobcats will enter the Conference Carolinas postseason tournament as a No. 4 seed and will wait until Wednesday to see who they will host in the quarterfinal round on Saturday, Nov. 6.
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