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Regan Ward eyes the shot before scoring the first of her two goals in the game.
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VMI VMI (1-1-0, 0-1-0)
3
Winner WCU WCU (2-2-0, 1-0-0)
VMI VMI
(1-1-0, 0-1-0)
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Final
3
WCU WCU
(2-2-0, 1-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VMI VMI 0 0 0
WCU WCU 0 3 3

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Ward Scores Pair of Goals in Catamounts' 3-0 Win Over VMI

Catamounts open 1-0 in SoCon Play

The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 3, VMI 0
Records: Western Carolina 2-2, 1-0 SoCon, VMI 1-1, 0-1 SoCon
Location: Catamount Athletic Complex, Cullowhee, N.C.
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. - Senior Regan Ward scored a pair of second-half goals as Western Carolina women's soccer opened Southern Conference play with a 3-0 win over VMI Friday at the Catamount Athletic Complex. 
 
Turning Point:
Western Carolina scored three second-half goals after the match was scoreless in the first half. 
 
 Individual Leaders
  • Ward scored two goals in a two-minute in the second half. Scoring a goal at the 52nd minute and one at the 53rd minute. 
  • Maryanne Kilgore scored the third goal of the match. 
  • Rea Syska had the assist on both of Ward's goals for two assists in the match. 
  • Amber Van Den Berg entered the match in the second half, just before Kilgore's goal, and offered the assist. 
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • The first half was scoreless with Western Carolina taking five shots. 
  • The Keydet's only real scoring threat came in at the 18th minute when the goalkeeper Melody Mezzina was outside the goal and Whitney Edward-Robinson's shot just missed wide right. 
  • Ward got the start in the second half and made her presence known. Mezzina booted the ball past the 50-yard line, Syska headed it to Ward who took it down the left side and took a booming shot from about the 20-yard line and it sailed into the right side of the goal past a diving VMI goalkeeper Sidney Swoope. 
  • It wasn't a minute later Ward and Syska teamed up again for the second Catamount goal. Syska passed the ball to Ward from the 45- yard line. Ward rolled past the VMI defender, shooting past another Keydet and shooting it past the VMI goalkeeper. 
  • Western Carolina earned a corner kick and turned it into a goal. Van Den Berg had the corner kick that sailed the ball to the left side of the goal and Kilgore headed the ball in. 
  • Mezzina records her second shutout of the season and improves to 2-2 on the season and had one save.
 
 
News & Notes 
  • With Ward's pair of goals against VMI, she is tied with Kilgore for most goals on the season as Kilgore has two as well on the year.
  • Mezzina has two shutouts this season and has only allowed two goals in 363.35 minutes of play. 
  • Western Carolina's three goals against VMI are a season-high.
  • The Catamounts are now 8-0 against VMI and have shut the Keydets out in all eight meetings. 
 
Up Next
Western Carolina will host UNCG on Sunday in its second home SoCon game of the season. Kick-off is set for 2 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+. 
 
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