SC State Women’s Soccer Closed Out the Home Regular Season with a win Francis

Jr., Veronica Aguilar scored the game-winner of a penalty kick

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Orangeburg, S.C.—The SC State women's soccer team closed out its home regular season with a 3-2 win over Francis Marion. With the victory, the Lady Bulldogs improve to 5-7-3 overall.

The first half of the contest was a defensive battle as the teams had a combined 10 shots, (Francis Marion-6, SC State 4), with seven total saves (2-Francis Marion, 5-SC State). Neither team could reach the back of the net as they entered intermission with a 0-0 tie.

The second of half of the contest saw both offenses come to life. SC State struck first scoring off a header by Olivia Moore from Kaitlynn Penner in the 54th minute. Francis Marion quickly rebounded scoring three minutes later to knot the score at 1-1 off a goal by Elizabeth Asare which was assisted by Kelly Kady. The Lady Bulldogs regained the lead as Nyesha Simmons scored a goal off a free-kick in the 58th minutes. After four quick goals both team's defense once again came to life. A goal by the Patriots Kimmy Lawrance in the 83rd minute off the corner kick from Kelly Kady broke the 25-minute scoring drought and tied the score at 2-2 with a little over six minutes remaining in regulation. Veronica Aguilar scored what proved to be the game winning goal off a penalty kick at the 85:59 mark to give SC State the 3-2 advantage and the victory.

SC State will close out its regular season with two road conference games beginning next Thursday, Oct. 27 when they travel to Houston, Texas to take on Houston Baptist. The Lady Bulldogs will then travel to Orem, Utah to close out the regular season against Utah Valley State on October 29 before going on to participate in the Great West Conference tournament, November 3-6, 2011.

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