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Golden Goal Lifts Bulldogs To 2-1 Win Over Catamounts

Samford scores on a Catamount own goal in the sixth minute of overtime

True freshman Malcanisha Kelley scored the Bulldogs' opening goal of the match in the 76th minute, her fourth of the season.
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CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- In a hard-fought Southern Conference showdown held at the Catamount Athletic Complex Friday, the Samford University soccer team earned a 2-1 overtime triumph against Western Carolina as the Catamounts' Tara Budnick accidentally kicked the Bulldogs' game-winning goal into her own net in the sixth minute of overtime.
 
The goal was originally awarded to Samford's Amanda Abbott, who was battling with Budnick for the ball near Western Carolina's back line. During the melee, Budnick twisted, whirled and connected with the ball sending it over the head of goalkeeper Carly Tintsman and into the back of the net for the game-winning goal.
 
With the win, Samford (9-3-1, 3-1-1 SoCon) moved to 4-1-1 all-time against Western Carolina (6-6-1, 1-4 SoCon) and improved to 3-3 in road matches this season.
 
Samford's opening goal of the match was tallied by true freshman Malcanisha Kelley in the 76th minute of play. Kelley's score was notched in Western Carolina's 18-yard box after a loose ball and an ensuing scramble for possession. Kelley, the Bulldogs' athletic 5-foot-10 forward, won the battle for the ball and rifled home her fourth goal of the year.
 
Following Kelley's score, Samford was seemingly en route to cruising toward its third 1-0 triumph of the season.
 
Unfortunately, with the game on the line, the Catamounts believed otherwise and connected on a late goal to equalize the match at 1-1 with just 2:35 remaining in regulation. Western Carolina's clutch, mere minutes-remaining score was registered by Casey Cooke and assisted by Caitlyn Bradham in the 88th minute.
 
Cooke's match-tying goal came from approximately 15 yards out and was neatly placed into the far right side of the net. The score was her second of the 2013 campaign.
 
Samford outshot the Catamounts, 9-5, and handily won the corner kick battle, 8-2. The Bulldogs' defense played brilliantly throughout the match as goalkeeper Melissa Montgomery only faced a single shot on goal. Western Carolina's Jenny Lauer started the contest in goal and made a pair of saves, while Tintsman didn't register any stops in the final 50:33 of action.
 
The Samford University soccer team will next be in action Sunday at 1 p.m. (CDT) as the Bulldogs conclude their three-match road stretch against the Appalachian State Mountaineers at the ASU Soccer Stadium (1,000) in Boone.
 
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