August 28, 2005

BOX SCORE

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University took a 3-2 women’s soccer victory past visiting Big South Conference member Radford University Sunday afternoon in its 2005 home-opener at Lancer Field.  The Lancers improved to 1-1 this season as freshman Cassie Lynn/Virginia Beach (Kellam) scored the game-winning goal at 76:45, while Radford dropped to 0-2.  Longwood will play again on Saturday, September 3, at The Citadel of the Southern Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.

Against Radford, Longwood took an early 1-0 advantage when junior Anna Gravely/Virginia Beach (Frank W. Cox) took a loose ball and dropped it over the head of the Highlanders keeper into the back of the net at 20:31.  Radford came right back, though, to tie the match at 1-1 when Megan Horan scored on a penalty-kick opportunity at 23:40.  The score remained deadlocked 1-1 at the intermission.
    
Longwood took control again at 53:15 when sophomore Aynsley Birkner/Virginia Beach (First Colonial) scored on a corner-kick opportunity, assisted by junior Tiffany Crane/Virginia Beach (Kellam). The Lancers increased their margin at 76:45 when Lynn scored her first collegiate goal and the eventual game-winner, unassisted, on a breakaway that she deposited into the near-post net.  Radford did manage to trim the deficit to 3-2 on a late goal from Lisa Channon at 80:36, assisted on a cross to the middle from McKenzie Vergara.

Longwood and Radford each took nine shots, though the Lancers had a 6-4 advantage in corner-kicks.  Junior keeper Heather Storrie/Spring Grove, Pa. (Spring Grove) played the entire contest in front of the net, allowing the two goals with two saves for the Lancers.  Tara Oleartchick played the full 90 minutes in goal for the Highlanders as well, yielding the three goals with two saves.