Soccer Opens SoCon Play With 2-0 Win Over The Citadel

Friday, September 21

Birmingham, Ala.

7:00 PM (CT)

Samford University

4-5, 1-0SoCon

The Citadel

6-3, 0-1SoCon

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

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Ella Baggett scored two goals to lead Samford to a 2-0 win over The Citadel in the team's SoCon opener Friday night.

Soccer Opens SoCon Play With 2-0 Win Over The Citadel

9.21.18 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford senior forward Ella Baggett scored two second-half goals to lift the Bulldogs to a 2-0 win over The Citadel in the Southern Conference opener for both teams Friday night at the Samford Track and Soccer Stadium. With the win, Samford improves to 4-5 overall and 1-0 in Southern Conference matches. The Citadel drops to 6-3 overall and 0-1 in league play.

KEY PLAYS

The teams played through the first half in a scoreless tie.
Samford outshot The Citadel, 8-4 in the first half, and 16-8 for the match.
Samford tallied seven corner kicks, to four for The Citadel.
Samford finally broke through with a goal on the 56^th minute, and then added another in the 81^st minute of the contest.

FROM THE BOX SCORE

Ella Baggett netted her first two goals of the season in leading Samford to the win.
Caroline Orman dished out an assist on Baggett's first goal.
Samford's Stephanie Westaway saved four shots, while The Citadel's Kelly Brahmbhatt saved six.
Baggett and Courtney Hendrickson had four shots each to lead Samford in the category.

SCORING SUMMARY

Samford's Ella Baggett scored a goal off an assist from Caroline Orman in the 56^th minute: Samford 1, The Citadel 0.
Samford's Ella Baggett scored an unassisted goal in the 81^st minute: Samford 2, The Citadel 0.

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