September 12, 2010
BOX SCORE
BOONE, N.C. -- Longwood University dropped a 1-0 women's soccer road decision Sunday at Appalachian State University of the Southern Conference in Boone, North Carolina. The Lancers (4-4) allowed the lone goal of the match in the 31st minute by the host Mountaineers (3-3). Longwood will return to action on Friday night, September 17, hosting another Southern Conference member in Elon University at the Athletics Complex in Farmville beginning at 7 p.m. It's a match that will begin the
Wounded Warrior Weekend to honor members of the military wounded in combat with activities September 17-18, including the women's soccer match, a 5K run/walk on Saturday morning, and a soccer contest that will feature a Longwood faculty and staff team against friends of fallen university alumni and family members on Saturday evening.
Appalachian State took its 1-0 advantage at the intermission with a goal at 30:20 from Amy Werdine on a header from a corner kick by Sydney Hill. Longwood had a couple of scoring opportunities at the end of the first half, and again at the end of the second period but ASU keeper Caroline Clarke made the saves.
“They played very direct and played a lot of balls forward,” said 17th-year head coach
Todd Dyer '93. “They got a corner and we made a mistake on it, and went down 1-0. Unfortunately, we were not able to score a goal during the 90 minutes.”
Longwood took a 7-4 advantage in shots, including 5-1 in attempts on-goal, while Appalachian State had a 4-2 edge on corner kicks. Graduate keeper
Marcia Biddle|Woodbridge (Gar-Field) played the first 45:00 in front of the net for the Lancers with no saves and allowing the one goal. Sophomore keeper
Kyra Byron|Richmond (Mills E. Godwin) played the final 45:00 for LU with no saves and no goals allowed. Clarke played the duration in front of the net for the Mountaineers with five saves while posting the shutout.
It was the seventh meeting between the two schools in the sport of women's soccer since 2004 as Appalachian State now leads the all-time series at 5-2.
