BANNER ELK, N.C. -- Lees-McRae women's soccer dropped a 4-3 decision to the visitors from Mount Olive this afternoon in Conference Carolinas action.
Lexi Hanson,
Gen Porsche, and
Alexa Todd all scored goals for the Bobcats in the match.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Lees-McRae -- 3; Mount Olive -- 4
LOCATION: Tate Field -- Banner Elk, North Carolina
RECORDS: Lees-McRae (8-5-4/7-3-2); Mount Olive (13-4/11-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Lees-McRae collected the early lead after Porsche found the back of the net 53 seconds into the match after an assist by Todd and Taylor Barrineau.
- UMO knotted the score at one goal after Addison Dangler buried a goal in the 20th minute and the Trojans took the one-goal advantage after Delia Allwood scored the first of her three goals on the day.
- Mount Olive had the 3-1 advantage heading into the halftime break after Allwood scored again in the 35th minute with an assist by Tianna Hill.
- The Trojans added to their lead in the 73rd minute of play after Allwood recorded a hat trick, but the Bobcats made the contest interesting in the last 15 minutes of play.
- Hanson scored after being subbed on seconds prior in the 74th minute after a solid pass by Barrineau.
- Todd capitalized on a penalty shot five minutes later as Lees-McRae only trailed by one goal with a little over 10 minutes to play.
- UMO was able to hang onto the lead and took the 4-3 victory in the regular season finale for both teams.
- Mallory Roughton hauled in nine saves for the Bobcats in the match.
FOR THE TROJANS:
- Allwood registered a hat trick in 73 minutes of game action as the Trojan was efficient with three goals on three shots on goal.
- Nicole Solicito had two saves in the 4-3 victory for Mount Olive.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae women's soccer will now head into the Conference Carolinas Championships as the No. 4 seed and will host the winner of the Belmont Abbey/Chowan match. The Bobcats will host the quarterfinal match next Saturday at 2 p.m. from Tate Field.
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