ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team netted five goals in a shutout win over Davis & Elkins Sunday afternoon in a Mountain East Conference contest at Callaghan Stadium.
Concord (2-2-1, 2-0-1 MEC) needed 40 minutes to get on the board.
Senior forward
Sydney Tucker broke the ice in the 40
th minute as a pass dropped in over the top from the midfield, and she outraced the defense and found the back of the net for her first goal of the season.
Just 65 seconds later, freshman midfielder
Lilly Lucas forced a D&E (0-5, 0-3 MEC) turnover and found fellow freshman midfielder
Marika Svensson who crushed a shot to the top left corner of the goal to double the Concord advantage.
Svensson was responsible for the next Mountain Lions' goal in the 59
th minute as she received a pass from at the top of the 18-yard box from junior forward
Caitlin Webster. After controlling, Svensson's shot deflected off the Davis & Elkins goalkeeper and went across the line for the score.
A corner kick by freshman forward
Ailsa Swinburne in the 64
th minute found senior defender
Leah Fleming for a goal. And Tucker joined Svensson on a two-goal day with an unassisted goal in the 77
th minute.
Tucker recorded her third career two-goal game and takes her career total to 14. Svensson became the 13
th different player in the last three seasons with a two-goal game after her performance Sunday.
CU outshot the Senators, 13-4, and freshman goalkeeper
Maddie Loughborough made her only save of the day in the second half to preserve the shutout.
Svensson and Tucker attempted four shots while Webster took two shots.
The Mountain Lions continue their home stand when they welcome Charleston to Callaghan Stadium 1:00 p.m. Wednesday.
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