Glisson’s Late Goal Sends Bulldogs To Semifinals

Friday, November 1

Birmingham, Ala.

4 PM

Samford University

10-6-3, 6-1-2

UNC Greensboro

5-9-5, 3-3-3

Team	1	2	Final F
UNC Greensboro	0	1	1
Samford	0	2	2

Glisson’s Late Goal Sends Bulldogs To Semifinals

11.1.24 | Women's Soccer

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Samford senior Layton Glisson scored a goal with 22 seconds left to lift the Bulldog soccer team to a 2-1 win over UNC Greensboro in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Tournament Friday evening at Shauna Yelton Field.

With the win, Samford improved its record to 10-6-3, and the Bulldogs advanced to Sunday's semifinal round where Samford will take on the winner of the Furman-ETSU game at 1 p.m. UNCG's season ends with a mark of 5-9-5.

The teams played through a scoreless first half. Both teams had chances to score, but neither could get a ball across the line.

UNC Greensboro broke the scoreless tie when Rachel Poplin scored off an assist from Ava Kiss in the 80^th minute to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead. In the 85^th minute, Samford's Maison Wells scored off an assist from Glisson to knot the score at 1-1. Glisson then scored an unassisted goal in the 90^th minute to give Samford the 2-1 victory.

As a team, Samford had 23 shots, to 17 for UNCG. The Spartans had four corner kicks to two for the Bulldogs.

Samford's semifinal game in the SoCon Tournament is set for 1 p.m. Sunday at Shauna Yelton Field. The game can be seen live on ESPN+.

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