The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's soccer team, with out a accurate keeper in goal, fell 5-0 to Georgia Southern Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field within a Southern Conference match. Chattanooga is now 2-5-1 all round and 0-2 in league action whilst the Eagles increase to 5-2-3 on the year as well as out its conference record at 1-1.
Freshman Lauren Thomas (Germantown, Tenn.), the Mocs lone healthy keeper was pulled from the lineup after Friday's game with an injury. Senior defender Tayler Shelby (Chattanooga, Tenn.) stepped into the spot for UTC.
"We had three keepers in the begin in the season," UTC Head Coach J.D. Kyzer stated. "Now we've none. All of the credit goes to Tayler. She had the guts to step in and that is not easy to do at the Division I level.
"Playing with out your keeper is like all three of your quarterbacks going down in football and needing to play with a defensive lineman back there."
Georgia Southern speedily picked up on the anomaly and started launching shots consistently. The Eagles outshot the Mocs 31-5 with 14 shots on purpose to UTC's four.
Five diverse players scored for the Eagles with two inside the 1st half and three inside the second. GSU got onto the board in the 24th minute on a purpose from Nora El-Shami who got past the defenders to take a shot from 22 yards out on the correct. Just more than two minutes later, the Eagles went up 2-0 on a header by Emily Hirano on a throw in by McKenna Storey to Alex Murphy.
Chattanooga's defense stepped up to hold off the Eagle offense for the remainder in the half and kept the score at 2-0 at the break.
"We played a low-pressure game in an effort to safeguard the keeper," Kyzer stated. "While we weren't ok being behind 2-0 in the half, we felt it was one thing we could perform with. This team we've correct now is as good a team as we've had, but it really is just not showing due to our injury situation."
Every single team managed just one particular shot apiece within the initial 15 minutes in the second half before GSU's discovered the net. Sydnie Van Curen played a free kick to the feet of teammate Stephanie Gratto who got the ball previous Shelby.
The Eagles got goals from Courtney Collins inside the 67th minute off a deflection and Carlee Storey recorded the fifth aim for Georgia Southern off a corner.
Senior Becca Smith (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) and sophomore Crystal Mackezyk (Columbia, Tenn.) every single had two shots for Chattanooga whilst Shelby pulled in nine saves in 90 minutes in aim.
The Mocs are with no last year's keeper Taylor Mangrum (Franklin, Tenn.) and freshman Lauren Pruitt (Chattanooga, Tenn.) who are sidelined with injuries.
The Mocs return house for the very first time since August 31 to take on Wofford Thursday evening at 6 p.m at Finley Stadium. Admission is Totally free to all residence soccer games. If you're unable to attend, live stats and video streaming is going to be obtainable at GoMocs.com, the official web site of Chattanooga athletics.
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