GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Wofford women's soccer team fell 3-0 to Furman in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Tournament on Sunday afternoon at Stone Soccer Stadium. Stephanie DeVita scored all three goals for the Paladins as they advance to the semifinals.
The seventh-seeded Terriers end the season at 6-8-4 overall, while second seed Furman moves to 15-4-1. The Paladins ended the Terriers season in the SoCon Tournament quarterfinals for the second straight season. DeVita now has 65 career goals, the most in Southern Conference history.
The Paladins got on the board first when the Terriers were called for a hand ball in the box. Stephanie DeVita put the penalty kick into the right side of the net for a 1-0 lead at the 1:36 mark.
Wofford had a header by
Emily Gaid ten minutes later that went just over the cross bar. Gaid added a shot that went left of the frame at the 24:59 mark. The Paladins had a free kick just outside the box with 32:30 on the clock, but the header went wide. Wofford goalie
Alex Carroll made a great save on a point blank shot by Carlie Couch a minute later. The Paladins kept up the offensive pressure with a header just two minutes later that was wide right.
With three minutes left in the first half, Furman's Carlie Couch put a ball in play that traveled all the way in front of the net before going wide to the right.
Emma Fletcher was shown a yellow card with just under two minutes left on the clock, but the free kick by Furman's Rachel Shah was saved by
Alex Carroll. At the half, Furman had a 9-4 lead on shots and the Paladins had the lone corner kick.
Four minutes into the second half, the Paladins had a corner kick, but
Alex Carroll punched the cross out of the box. On a free kick, Kristen Baker put the ball in play and Stephanie DeVita found the right corner of the goal on a header. Furman had a 2-0 lead at the 50:08 mark of the game. Over the next ten minutes, the Paladins had the next three shots on goal.
Caroline Boone had a shot for the Terriers at the 65:16 mark that was saved.
Furman's Stephanie DeVita hit the left post from ten yards out at 69:13.
Caroline Boone added a shot for Wofford four minutes further into the match, but was wide left. With 13 minutes remaining,
Alex Carroll recorded her fourth save of the game and five minutes later Stephanie DeVita's shot from 20-yards out was just over the cross bar.
The Terriers committed a foul in the box with 2:03 left in the contest and Stephanie DeVita buried the penalty kick into the left corner of the net for a 3-0 lead. Wofford had a corner kick with one minute remaining, but the cross was cleared out and the Terriers were unable to get another chance at a shot.
"I thought we definitely had some good quality moments in the game," said head coach
Amy Kiah. "There are things that we need to work on to move forward, but overall out team fought hard and created some opportunities. We have a great group of seniors and I am disappointed for them to go out like this."
In the game, Furman had 18 shots to seven for Wofford.
Alex Carroll played all 90 minutes in goal for the Terriers and had four saves. Maggie Grisell had one save in 90 minutes for the Paladins. Furman had three corner kicks, while Wofford had one.
Furman will face UNCG in the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament on Friday, November 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Stone Soccer Stadium.
