University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
The Citadel
Bulldogs Open 2015 Season with Friday Night Victory
08.21.2015 | Women's Soccer
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Asheville 4 – The Citadel 0
Records: Asheville (1-0, 0-0 BSC)
The Citadel (0-1, 0-0 SoCon)
Location: Greenwood Field, Asheville, N.C.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville women's soccer team used freshman Justine James' goal in the closing minutes of the first half to take the lead into the halftime break before adding three goals – including a second by James – in the second half to grab their first win of the season.
THE TURNING POINT
Following the intermission, Asheville capitalized for three quick goals in a span of two minutes and 41 seconds. James added her second goal of the match four minutes into the second half before Paige Trent knocked in a goal off a penalty kick and Courtney Naber notched the final score of the night.
NOTABLES
-Asheville outshot The Citadel 37-1 in the win. The 37 shots taken is a new UNC Asheville women's soccer program record, besting the 36-shot game the Bulldogs had against Lenoir-Rhyne in October 1996.
-Trent finished with a game-high six shots, while James and Naber each collected five shots in the win.
-As a team, Asheville saw 14 players record at least one shot.
-20 different players saw action in the win.
QUOTABLES
“Good first win of the season. I thought out possession was better as the game went on. In the first half we were impatient in the attack, and we talked about some things at halftime that seemed to open up more opportunities in the second half. I was happy that we used a lot of players. Most of the second half we had seven freshmen, one junior and three sophomores on the field. Our depth was a great resource tonight and I think that will be the case moving forward in the season. It was great to see us scoring goals in the run of play as well; that was something that we wanted to build on from last season. All around it was a great effort tonight.” - Head Coach Michelle Demko
UP NEXT
- UNC Asheville is back at home on Sunday when they welcome Eastern Kentucky to Greenwood Field for a 1 p.m. contest.
