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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford women’s soccer team defeated Winthrop Thursday night by a score of 2-1.  Emily Bougas and Annika Jansson both scored to lead the Terriers to their third consecutive victory.  Wofford improves to 4-1-0 on the year, while Winthrop drops to 1-3-0.
 
Wofford opened the scoring in the 5^th minute when Amanda Morris assisted on Emily Bougas’ second goal of the season.  Morris won possession, then lofted a through ball to Bougas who beat Eagle goalkeeper, Amelia Henderson, one-on-one with low strike into the bottom left corner.  Winthrop was able to tie the game in the 36^th minute after Imani Ervins earned a penalty for being brought down in the box.  Kylene Babauta converted the penalty to tie the game 1-1.  The score was still tied at the break.   Both teams took six shots but Winthrop held the edge in corner kicks (2-1).
 
The second half started slowly for both teams as neither was able to create quality scoring chances.  However, Wofford would break the tie in the 58^th minute when Maureen Buff assisted on Jansson’s game-winning goal.  Buff passed the ball back to Jansson, who fired a shot from 25 yards that skipped past Henderson into the bottom left corner of the net.  Buff has assisted on a goal in three consecutive matches, and Jansson has scored back-to-back game-winners.  Winthrop pushed to score an equalizer but Kara Boggs and the Terrier defense were too strong as they held on to secure the 2-1 win.
 
Kara Boggs earned the victory and improves to 2-0.  She recorded four saves on 12 shots faced.  Amelia Henderson gets the loss and drops to 1-3 on the year.
 
The Terriers hit the road for their next match, as they face the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville on Sunday.  The game is set to kick-off at 2:00 p.m.