Soccer Advances To SoCon Semifinals With 1-0 Win Over The Citadel

Saturday, October 27

Birmingham, Ala.

5:30 PM (CT)

Samford University

12-5-1

The Citadel (Quarterfinals)

9-10

Team	1	2	Final F
The Citadel	0	0	0
Samford	0	1	1

Caroline Orman celebrates her goal in Friday's 1-0 SoCon Quarterfinal win over The Citadel.

Soccer Advances To SoCon Semifinals With 1-0 Win Over The Citadel

10.27.18 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Samford soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament with a 1-0 win over The Citadel in the tournament quarterfinals Saturday night at the Samford Track and Soccer Stadium. Samford improves to 12-5-1 on the season, and the Bulldogs will take on Furman in the tournament semifinals Friday in Macon, Ga. The Citadel ends its season with a record of 9-10.

KEY PLAYS

The teams played through the first half in a scoreless tie.
Samford outshot The Citadel, 8-3 in the first half, and 21-6 for the match.
Samford finally broke through with a goal on the 49^th minute when Caroline Orman snuck a ball into the top right corner of the net off an assist from Ella Baggett.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

The goal was the fourth of the season for Caroline Orman.
Ella Baggett's assist was her fourth of the season.
Orman, Alyssa Frazier and Erin Bonner led Samford with five shots each.
Samford goalkeeper Stephanie Westaway had two saves.
The Citadel's Kelly Brahmbhatt saved 10 shots.
The win was Samford's eighth-straight victory this season.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford's Caroline Orman scored on clear shot from in front of the goal off an assist from Ella Baggett in the 49^th minute of the match: Samford 1, The Citadel 0.

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