The Basics

Score: Western Carolina 2, Gardner-Webb 1

Records: Western Carolina 1-0, Gardner-Webb 0-2

Location: Catamount Athletic Complex, Cullowhee, N.C.

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Freshman defender Summit Dann made her first collegiate soccer match one to remember as her game-winning goal at the 89th minute lifted Western Carolina women's soccer to a 2-1 season and home-opening win over Gardner-Webb Sunday at the Catamount Athletic Complex.

Turning Point:

As the game was heading to overtime, Western Carolina avoided the extra frame with a game-winning goal in the final minute of regulation to top Gardner-Webb 2-1.

Individual Leaders

• Senior Julia Winter scored Western Carolina's first goal of the 2019 season in the opening minute of the second half.
• Dann notched the game-winning goal.
• Junior goalkeeper Natalia Icen played the full 90 minutes earning the win in goal.

Inside the Box Score

• Gardner-Webb struck first scoring in the 27th minute of the first half.
• The Catamounts came out with a purpose in the second half. WCU's Winter took a pass from fellow senior Emily Zipay weaving into the box and heading it into the goal.
• Dann scored the game-winning goal in the final minute of the game. She took the ball to about 15 yards out and sent the ball into the left side of the goal.
• Western Carolina took 18 shots in the game to Gardner-Webb's seven.
• The Catamounts possessed the ball 61 percent of the time in the game.
• The Catamounts took 13 of their 18 shots in the second half.

News & Notes

• Western Carolina is now 8-0 against Gardner-Webb all-time.
• Winter's goal was the second goal of her career in her second year as a Catamounts.
• The Catamounts are 11-10 all-time in season openers.

Up Next

Western Carolina hosts Middle Tennessee at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Catamount Athletic Complex.    

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