Soccer Wins Fifth-Straight SoCon Title With 1-0 Win At UNCG

Sunday, October 21

Greensboro, N.C.

1:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

11-5-1, 8-0-1

UNCG

12-4-1, 7-2-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Samford	0	1	1
UNCG	0	0	0

Box Score (PDF)

Soccer celebrates 2018 SoCon regular-season title

The Samford soccer team celebrates after winning its fifth-straight SoCon regular-season title with a 1-0 win at UNCG Sunday.

Soccer Wins Fifth-Straight SoCon Title With 1-0 Win At UNCG

10.21.18 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Samford soccer team secured its fifth-straight Southern Conference regular-season title with a 1-0 win at UNCG Sunday afternoon.

The Bulldogs finish the regular season with a record of 11-5-1 overall and 8-0-1 in SoCon play. The Bulldogs have now gone 25 straight SoCon regular-season matches without a loss. During the five-year run for Samford, the Bulldogs have posted an impressive 39-4-2 record in league games. Samford earns the No. 1 seed for the SoCon Tournament, which starts next weekend.

UNCG falls to 12-4-1 overall and 7-2 in SoCon contests. The Spartans finish second in the league standings and will earn the No. 2 seed for the upcoming SoCon Tournament.

KEY PLAYS

The first half was played evenly, with each team taking three shots, but neither able to net a goal.
The teams played through most of the second half scoreless as well until Samford's Grace Sommi scored on a header off an assist from Alyssa Frazier following a corner kick in the 84^th minute of the contest.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Samford goalkeeper Stephanie Westaway had two saves in posting her sixth solo shutout and eighth overall shutout of the season.
The goal was Sommi's second of the season.
Frazier's assist was her team-leading fourth of the season.
As a team, Samford took 11 shots, with five coming on goal.
UNCG managed 10 shots, two coming on goal.
Samford had four corner kicks, to three for UNCG.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford's Grace Sommi scored on a header off an assist from Alyssa Frazier after a corner kick in the 84^th minute of the match: Samford 1, UNCG 0.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Samford soccer team will host a first-round SoCon Tournament game next Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Samford University Track and Soccer Stadium. The Bulldogs will host the winner of Wednesday's game between Wofford and The Citadel.