Box Score Related LinksBox Score (PDF)Season StatisticsPost-Game Interview SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Senior Chelsea Turner scored the game-winning goal in the 33rd minute on Sunday night, as the Wofford College women's soccer team earned a 3-0 victory against Presbyterian.
The win pushes the Terriers to 2-0 record on the season after Friday's 3-2 overtime victory against Gardner-Webb. The Terriers now hold a 6-2 edge all-time against the Blue Hose.
The Terriers dominated in possession, keeping the ball in the attacking third for the majority of the game. Wofford won the shooting margin 13-9 and had five corners to Presbyterian's three. The match was extremely physical, with the two teams combining for 21 fouls.
Action began early with the first shot coming in the fifth minute, when Presbyterian's Hannah Gaithier took a low shot, one-on-one, against senior keeper Kara Boggs. Boggs dove on the ball for one of her three saves, en-route to her first clean sheet of the season.
Scoring began 33 minutes in when sophomore outside back Tanner Kaplan ripped a shot from the left side of the field. The shot ricocheted off of the crossbar just outside keeper Sydney Fontenot's reach, where it bounced in front of senior forward Chelsea Turner. Turner volleyed home the ball for the game-winner, her first goal of the season.
The Terriers continued to apply pressure. Just four minutes later freshman midfielder Hannah Washko beat two defenders and worked her way into the box before a errant tackle from midfielder Sarah Yoss led to a penalty kick. Senior Maureen Buff took the kick and buried the ball into the back of the net for her 13th career goal. Wofford remained up 2-0 into halftime.
Wofford continued the offensive pressure into the second half and scored their final goal 19 minutes later. Junior Mary Beth Bleekrode attacked from the left side of the pitch, striking a shot towards the goal before Fontenot swatted the shot away deflecting the ball towards senior Annika Jansson. Jansson gathered the rebound before striking the ball home for the match's third and final goal.
Wofford will play next on Friday, August 29, where they are set to face the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville in Asheville, N.C. The game will start at 5 p.m.
