’Cats Continue Strong Start to Season, Earn 1-1 Tie at Davidson Tournament

Sunday, September 7

Davidson, N.C.

3:00 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

2-0-3

Richmond

3-1-1

Team	1	2	OT 3	OT 4	Final F
Richmond	0	1	0	0	1
Davidson	1	0	0	0	1

Junior Katharine Laco netted her second career goal in the 1-1 tie.

Photo by: WG Sports, Willis Glassgow

’Cats Continue Strong Start to Season, Earn 1-1 Tie at Davidson Tournament

9/7/2008 6:54:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID

DAVIDSON, N.C. — The Davidson women's soccer team continued its school-record start to the 2008 campaign by staying unbeaten when they earned their third tie in a row, playing to a 1-1 draw against Richmond in the final day of the Davidson Tournament at Alumni Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

College of Charleston was awarded the tournament trophy after earning a 1-0 win over Lehigh in the first game of the day on Sunday to finish the tournament 2-0-0. Lehigh and Richmond both finished 0-1-1.

The Wildcats' 2-0-3 start this year is the best in school history after five games. The last time Davidson started the year unbeaten was 2000 when that team went 3-0-0 through the first three games. Richmond saw their record go to 3-1-1 with the tie.

Davidson grabbed the lead first, right before halftime, on junior Katharine Laco's (Bethesda, Md.) second career score. Senior co-captain Tracy McClausland (Albuquerque, N.M.) set up the goal when she dribbled to the far side of the 18-yard box where she got off a high shot from the right corner of the box. The Spiders' Andrea Young went up to block it and in doing so, the ball bounced off the cross bar to the center of the six-yard box and Laco right-footed the ball home to the near post for a 1-0 Wildcat lead at the 41:07 mark.

Richmond then turned up its intensity in the second half and it paid off when Emily Dale hit a shot from about 25-yards out in the 79th minute to knot things up at 1-all. Jessie Knight had gotten the ball past midfield and fed Dale, who was in the center of the field just outside the 18-yard box, where she struck a high shot to the top-left corner for the equalizer.

Once again, Davidson would find itself in overtime. The 'Cats were able to get off a couple of shots and picked up a corner in both overtimes, but they just could not break through in settling for the 1-1 tie.

The Spiders Kelsey Rdzanek almost ended the game early in the first overtime when her direct shot on goal in the 18-yard box sailed high over the cross bar.

For the third straight game, freshman goalie Christy Carry (Dallas, Texas) saw action in all 110 minutes as she record four saves. The Spiders' Young also registered four saves as Davidson placed five of its 11 shots on goal.

The Wildcats will now hit the road for two non-conference contests starting with a 3 p.m. contest against Harvard on Friday, Sept. 12. They then will take on Providence College on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 12 p.m.

SCORING SUMMARY
41:07 DAV Katharine Laco (unassisted)
79:19 RICH Emily Dale (Jessie Knight)