UNC Greensboro UNCG (5-6-2, 1-2-1)

Western Caro. WCU (2-5-5, 1-2-1)

UNC Greensboro UNCG

(5-6-2, 1-2-1)

Final

Oct. 07, 2022

Western Caro. WCU

(2-5-5, 1-2-1)

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
UNC Greensboro UNCG	0	0	0
Western Caro. WCU	0	0	0

Summary
Box Score

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | 10/7/2022 9:49:00 PM | Denise Gideon, Director of Media Relations

Catamounts Tie UNCG 0-0 Friday

Hosts VMI Sunday

The Basics
Score: Western Carolina 0, UNCG 0
Records: Western Carolina 2-5-5, 1-2-1 SoCon; UNCG 5-6-2, 1-2-1 SoCon
Location: Cullowhee, N.C. | Catamount Softball Complex

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Western Carolina women's soccer picked up a key point in the Southern Conference race with a 0-0 defensive battle with UNCG Friday at the Catamount Athletic Complex.

Individual Leaders:

Naya Marcil had four shots in the match for WCU with one shot on goal.
Kirsten Hahn was just behind Marcil with three shots.
Rookie goalkeeper Leanne Trudel played the full 90 minutes in goal and had two saves in the contest.

Inside the Box Score

Western Carolina had its offensive chances with 15 shots on goal with six being shots on goal.
The Catamount defense was stifling holding UNCG to just two shots in the first half. The Spartans managed five shots in the second half for a total of only seven in the contest. Two of the Spartans seven shots were on goal, but they were effortless saves for Trudel thanks to the Catamounts' defensive pressure.
One of the Catamounts' strong chances to score came from Maggie Lloyd as her shot, early in the second half, went to the bottom center of the game but Spartan goalie Abby Buchholz was there to save a goal.
UNCG's one true threat to score came early in the first half, at the 12^th minute, when Trudel was pulled out of the goal and Hannah Morton's shot was too strong going wide right.

News & Notes:

Western Carolina's fifth tie on the year ties the program record set in 2005.
The Catamounts and UNCG tie in a match for the fourth time in the two program's 32 meetings. It is the first tie between the two teams since a 2-2 stalemate in 2017.
Western Carolina has shutout UNCG in back-to-back meetings as the Catamounts earned a 1-0 overtime victory over the Spartans in the 2021 SoCon Championship quarterfinals.
Trudel picked up her second complete match shutout of the season and her third overall.
Western Carolina has shutout an opponent five times on the year.

Up Next:

Western Carolina hosts VMI at 2 p.m. Sunday. The match will be broadcast on ESPN+ (subscription required).

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