Oct. 15, 2004
Final Stats
Greensboro, N.C. - Deven Beachum scored her seventh goal of the season with 4:53 to play to lift UNC Greensboro to a 2-1 victory over Western Carolina in Southern Conference women's soccer action at UNCG Soccer Stadium on Friday evening.
Beachum, a redshirt sophomore, broke the 1-1 tie when she knocked home a Nicolette DeLaine pass for her seventh goal of the season. DeLaine, a junior, also assisted on UNCG's first goal of the night. Just 23 minutes into the first half, Rakel Logadottir scored her second goal of the season with a blast from 14 yards out in the middle of the box. DeLaine and Jessica Patterson assisted on that tally.
It looked for a while like that the one goal lead would stand up as UNCG (9-4-0, 5-1-0 SoCon) dominated play. The Spartans held Western Carolina without a shot for the first 65:25 of the game, outshooting the Cats, 19-4, for the game.
However, Western (3-8-3, 1-4-3 SoCon) knotted the score at the 77:01 mark when senior Brittany Bennefield banged home a loose ball in the box after UNCG defender Jessie Jay knocked away an initial shot coming out of a crowd in front of the goal. It was Bennefield's second goal of the season.
Western goalkeeper sophomore Alesha Row grabbed three saves on the night, while Spartan goalkeeper Jennifer Stillman scooped up two.
The Catamounts return to action on Sunday, October 24 as they take on Appalachian State in Boone, N.C. with match time set for 3:00 pm.
