Tuesday, November 1, 2005

CU TAKES 3-1 WIN OVER NORTH GEORGIA

Columbus, Ga. - After a 55-minute lightning delay interrupted the first half of Tuesday's first-round Peach Belt Conference Women's Soccer Tournament game, Columbus State used some second-half lightning of its own to break a 1-1 tie and take a 3-1 win over North Georgia. The Lady Cougars, the tournament's top seed, earn the right to host the PBC Final Four on Friday and Saturday with the victory.

Katherine Atwater got the scoring started in the first half as she took a pass from Kellie Myles after a corner kick and beat North Georgia keeper Kelly Conarro in the lower right corner of the net for a 1-0 lead just 7:27 into play. North Georgia (3-12) answered quickly, getting a breakaway in which Elizabeth Franklin ran down a feed from Jessica Williams and beat Monica Sanchez to tie the score at 1-1 at the 9:39 mark.

Rain started to fall a short time later and with 13:20 left in the half, play was halted due to lightning. The delay lasted 55 minutes and the two squads resumed play in a steady rain, going into the half knotted at one.

CSU finally broke through and got the eventual game-winner from Hannah Ospina. Megan Honig served in a corner kick which Ospina and teammate Krystin Mills each went up for, but Ospina connected with the header to beat Conarro for the 2-1 lead at the 73:59 mark. Kassy Boivin struck just under three minutes later with the game's final goal off a great crossing pass from Mills to make it 3-1.

Conarro faced a barrage of 31 CSU shots from all directions on the day, coming up with eight saves. Sanchez recorded one save for CSU and faced only three shots. CSU held a 9-1 advantage in corner kicks.

The Lady Saints finish their first season in the NCAA with a 3-12-1 overall record and a 1-7-0 conference mark.

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