Box Score SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Two goals in the second half were not enough for host Wofford as it attempted to rally before High Point held on for a 4-2 victory in women's soccer action Sunday afternoon at Snyder Field in Spartanburg, S.C. The game marked the final non-conference match of the season for the Terriers.
Sara Rager put the Panthers on the board first and last with her two goals. She began the scoring at 38:12 as she put her head on the ball on a Karolina Straby corner kick. Her other tally came at 78:31 when she volleyed the ball to herself past a Wofford (4-5-1) defender while standing directly in front of the goal.
Other High Point (4-3-2) scores came at 48:21 when Megan Fielden sent a free kick from 45 yards out through the hands of Terrier goalkeeper Katie McChesney and at 58:47 when Beckie Lesh redirected a pass via Jen Evans inside the six-yard box.
Senior Natalie Ferrara netted the Terriers' first goal of the game at 69:51. Sophomore Monica Ploetzke served a free kick directly to Panther goalie Marisa Abbott, which was saved but not controlled, and Ferrara put in the rebound for her second goal of the season.
Ploetzke was also a factor in the hosts' other score, as she fed senior Whitney Steelman, who then found a streaking Aubrey Thomson down the left flank. Thomson beat the defense and lifted her shot over Abbott's outstretched hands for her second career goal at 73:36.
Ferrara led Wofford with three shots, while a trio of High Point players (Evans, Lesh and Rager) each also registered three shots.
The Terriers will return to Southern Conference action with they host The Citadel at 6 p.m. Friday in the finale of a three-game homestand.