October 8, 2009

BOX SCORE

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Longwood University took a 2-0 women's soccer road victory at Tennessee Tech University of the Ohio Valley Conference Thursday afternoon in Cookeville, Tennessee.  Sophomore Dylan Spicker/Chesapeake (Hickory) scored what proved to be the decisive goal for the Lancers who improved to 8-5 while the Golden Eagles dropped to 3-9-2.  Longwood will play again next Wednesday, October 14, remaining on the road at nationally-ranked #12 Virginia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference in Blacksburg beginning at 7 p.m..
    
Longwood took a 1-0 lead at the intermission at Tennessee Tech as Spicker scored the first goal of her career at 31:46 with an assist from sophomore Claire Hundley/Norfolk (Maury), the first assist of her career.  The Lancers secured their road triumph when senior Kaylyn Mahon/Spring Grove, Pa. (Spring Grove) tallied her third goal of the season at 64:22, assisted by junior Kayla Huggins/North Haven, Conn. (North Haven).
    
“We're scoring goals again, we got a shutout, and we managed to do both on the road where it's never easy,” said veteran 16th-year head coach Todd Dyer '93.  “We can still be better with our possession but a win gives us momentum going into the Virginia Tech game next week.”
    
Longwood took a 15-6 advantage in shots, including 7-1 in attempts on-goal, though Tennessee Tech had a 5-4 edge on corner kicks.  Redshirt-junior keeper Marcia Biddle/Woodbridge (Gar-Field) played the entire match in front of the net for the Lancers with one save for her first shutout this season.  Kaitlyn Thacker played the duration for the Golden Eagles with five saves.
    
It was the first-ever meeting between the two schools in women's soccer.