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UNC Asheville UNCA (0-2-0, 0-0-0)
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Winner Western Carolina WCU (1-1-0, 0-0-0)
UNC Asheville UNCA
(0-2-0, 0-0-0)
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Western Carolina WCU
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UNC Asheville UNCA 0 1 1
Western Carolina WCU 1 1 2

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

McNally Scores Game-Winning Goal in 2-1 Victory Over UNCA

Catamounts took a total of 29 shots in the match

The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 2, UNC Asheville 1
Records: Western Carolina 1-1, UNCA 0-2
Location: Catamount Athletic Complex, Cullowhee, N.C.  
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Graduate transfer Natalie McNally scored the game-winning goal at the 74th minute to help lead Western Carolina women's soccer to a 2-1 victory over visiting UNC Asheville Sunday at the Catamount Athletic Complex.
 
The victory was the first of the season for the Catamounts.  

How it Happened    
  • After 11 shots in the first 30 plus minutes of the match, Western Carolina finally found the back of the net in the 39th minute for the first goal of the match.
  • Rookie Kirsten Hahn scored the first Catamount goal taking a pass from the right side from Riley Terry who booted it just past mid-field. The Ball careened off a Bulldog player right in front of Hahn who took the shot at the 20-yard line to Hahn. The laser shot sailed past the Bulldog goalie, into the left side of the goal, for the score.
  • After being held without a shot in the first half, the Bulldogs made the most of their first shot in the second half. In a busted play Taylor Gardner got the goal off a misplay by the Catamounts.  
  • McNally's goal for the Catamounts at the 74th minute earned her a game-winning goal and a victory for WCU. A header just wide of the post sent the ball to Maryanne Kilgore how passed the ball to McNally inside the box. She took the bounce pass and sent it high to the top of the goal and over the Bulldog goal for the score.
 
 Individual Leaders:
  • Hahn scored her first goal as a Catamount.
  • McNally also tallied her first goal as a Catamount, and adding in her goals from her former school, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), she has scored five goals in her career.
  • Kilgore added an assist in the match.
  • Valentine Pursey had seven shots in the match including a pair that just missed going into the goal.
  • Hahn ended the match with six shots.
  • Bulldog goalkeeper Bronwyn Luitwieler ended the match with 10 saves.  
 
 Inside the Box Score
  • Western Carolina had a total of 29 shots in the match, 13 in the first and 16 in the second half.
  • UNC Asheville was held without a shot in the first half and ended the match with five.
  • The Catamounts possessed the ball for 61 percent of the match.
  • WCU had 10 corner kicks in the contest.
  • Catamount goalkeeper Ashlee Owens picked up the first victory, in goal, in her career.
 News & Notes:
  • In the opening weekend, Kilgore has a goal and an assist in the first two matches of the season.
  • Two of the first three goals, on the season, have been scored by Catamount newcomers: Hahn and McNally.
  • Western Carolina is now 11-3-3 against UNC Asheville having won the last three meetings and 5-2-3 overall at home against the Bulldogs.
 UPCOMING:
  • Western Carolina travels to face No. 6 Duke at 7 p.m. Thursday. The match will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.
 Keep track of everything related to Catamount women's soccer and WCU Athletics through its social media outlets on Facebook (fb.com/catamountsports), Instagram (@wcu_catamounts), and Twitter (@catamounts, @Catamountsoccer).


 
 
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