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Goal
0
Charleston So. CSOW (6-8-1, 5-5-0)
2
Winner Radford RADW (13-4-1, 6-3-1)
Charleston So. CSOW
(6-8-1, 5-5-0)
0
Final
2
Radford RADW
(13-4-1, 6-3-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Charleston So. CSOW 0 0 0
Radford RADW 0 2 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Radford Rides Defense and Scores Twice to Move Past Charleston Southern

RADFORD, VA. – The Radford women's soccer team advanced with a 2-0 victory over Charleston Southern in the Big South Quarterfinals Saturday night. Reese Degnan and Lily McLane provided the goals in Radford's seventh straight shutout victory.
 
The first half was a defensive showcase by both teams. Lauren Seedlock proved crucial in a pair of saves that kept the Buccaneers off the board including an incredible diving save in the 41st minute. It was the second save of the night for Seedlock and she would finish with four while posting her seventh straight clean sheet.
 
Tied up at 0-all heading into the second half, Radford kept the theme of the season by battling hard late in games. Radford finally broke the scoreless tie thanks to Degnan who ended up in the right place at the right time after a shot by Kat Parris ricocheted off the Buccaneer goalie.
 
With the game at a 1-0 lead, Radford didn't let up. Five minutes later it was McLane who added the second goal of the night. McLane came in behind the first play on the net that the goalie broke up and she didn't hesitate to place a perfect shot in the middle of the net.
 
The Highlanders would hold on from there and seal up a 2-0 victory, another shutout for what has turned into an incredible streak of victories for the Highlanders as of late.
 
KEY STATS
  • Radford posted its seventh straight shutout tonight which is their longest streak since posting six straight shutouts in 2018's Big South Championship run and is their longest streak in program history.
  • The two second half goals move the total on the season up to 34 which ranks alone in third and just one away from the second-most total in program history.
  • Parris' 34th point of the season now moves her into a tie for sixth-most in a single season in program history.
  • Tonight was the Highlanders sixth win in nine total tries as the four seed in the Big South tournament. It was also their sixth tournament win at Cupp Stadium.
  • The Highlanders held their opponent to just four shots on goal tonight while firing off seven of their own.
QUOTABLE
"It's tough to beat a team twice in one week. A lot of credit to Charleston Southern and some of the changes that they made. At half time we decided to change things up a bit because of what they were doing and I thought our team did a good job of adapting to what we tried to do. I'm proud of this team, that's seven games in a row without getting a goal scored on them. I'm very happy with our team and proud to advance." -Head Coach Ben Sohrabi.

UP NEXT.
The next stop in the Big South tournament for Radford will be in Buies Creek, N.C. for the Big South Semifinals against the regular season champion Campbell. The game is currently set to kick off next Thursday at 7 p.m.

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