Oct. 16, 2011

Box Score

CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Western Carolina women's soccer (8-7-1, 3-5 Southern Conference) dropped a highly contested match with Samford (8-5-2, 6-0-2), in the Catamounts final regular season Sunday match of the season, at the Catamount Athletic Complex.

A scoreless first half turned into a nail-biter of a contest, in the second half, as Western Carolina and Samford both looked for that small opening to get on the scoreboard. The Bulldogs capitalized on the window of opportunity at the 61:15 mark. Samford's Sarah Wilkinson took a shot from 10 yards out and scored when the ball went into the net on the right side.

Western Carolina fought for the remainder of the 25 plus minutes to tie the game and had numerous opportunities. It looked like the Catamounts might knot the game when Kayla Beauduy took a monster of a shot from a few yards out, but it hit the top of the goal post.

With 10 seconds left, redshirt junior Samantha Hodge had the chance to be the hero for the Catamounts when she took a shot from the left side, about five yards out, and it just skimmed the outside of the goal and pined off the right side of the goal.

Western Carolina and Samford were almost even in shots with the Catamounts taking eight and the Bulldogs notching seven. Beauduy had three shots for the Catamouns and Hodge and Laura Greb each had two.

Western Carolina completes its three-match home stand on Friday hosting UNC Greensboro. Match time is set for 7 p.m.