Tuesday, August 21
Davidson, N.C.
6 p.m.
Davidson College Athletics
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Clemson (exh.)
Davidson and Nationally Ranked Clemson Battle in Women's Soccer Exhibition
8/22/2007 2:22:09 PM | Women's Soccer
Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID
DAVIDSON, N.C. -- The Davidson women's soccer team take what they have been practicing on the past few days in preseason to good use when the Wildcats challenged nationally ranked Clemson to the very end Tuesday night at Alumni Stadium.
The Wildcats and Tigers battled each other till the 88th minute when Clemson toed in a rebound off the hands of senior goalie Bevin English (Charleston, S.C.) for the lone goal and a 1-0 victory in both teams first exhibition games of the season. Clemson came into the match with a preseason ranking of 19th according to soccerbuzz.com after finishing last season ranked 15th in the final soccerbuzz.com poll.
Despite being outshot, 18-4, Davidson played very well and head coach Greg Ashton was please with his team's efforts.
"It was great to get a game against a quality team," said Ashton, who is entering his fourth year at the helm of the women's soccer program. "We showed great discipline and were extremely unfortunate to give up a goal in the last couple of minutes. I felt we deserved more from the way we competed, so I'm very happy with the team's effort so far. We now look forward to continuing our team-development with the game on Saturday eveing against UNC Wilmington."
Davidson's best opportunity came in the 54th minute when sophomore Kyri Bye-Nagel (Hanau, Germany) broke through the defense and had a direct shot on goal, only to have it stopped by the Clemson goalkeeper. Bye-Nagel had three of the Wildcats' four shots on the evening.
The Wildcats will finish up their preseason with a home contest against UNC Wilmington on Saturday at 7 p.m. on the field of Alumni Stadium. The two teams faced each other last season in the regular season, with the Seahawks taking a 2-0 decision on their home field.
The Wildcats and Tigers battled each other till the 88th minute when Clemson toed in a rebound off the hands of senior goalie Bevin English (Charleston, S.C.) for the lone goal and a 1-0 victory in both teams first exhibition games of the season. Clemson came into the match with a preseason ranking of 19th according to soccerbuzz.com after finishing last season ranked 15th in the final soccerbuzz.com poll.
Despite being outshot, 18-4, Davidson played very well and head coach Greg Ashton was please with his team's efforts.
"It was great to get a game against a quality team," said Ashton, who is entering his fourth year at the helm of the women's soccer program. "We showed great discipline and were extremely unfortunate to give up a goal in the last couple of minutes. I felt we deserved more from the way we competed, so I'm very happy with the team's effort so far. We now look forward to continuing our team-development with the game on Saturday eveing against UNC Wilmington."
Davidson's best opportunity came in the 54th minute when sophomore Kyri Bye-Nagel (Hanau, Germany) broke through the defense and had a direct shot on goal, only to have it stopped by the Clemson goalkeeper. Bye-Nagel had three of the Wildcats' four shots on the evening.
The Wildcats will finish up their preseason with a home contest against UNC Wilmington on Saturday at 7 p.m. on the field of Alumni Stadium. The two teams faced each other last season in the regular season, with the Seahawks taking a 2-0 decision on their home field.
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