W. Soccer Starts SoCon Play with Strong 3-0 Shutout vs. Chattanooga

Friday, September 21

Davidson, N.C.

7:00 p.m.

Davidson College Athletics

3-4-2, 1-0SoCon

Chattanooga

2-4-1, 0-1SoCon

Team	1	2	Final F
Chattanooga	0	0	0
Davidson	1	2	3

Dani Johnson knocked in her first career goal in the 3-0 win.

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

W. Soccer Starts SoCon Play with Strong 3-0 Shutout vs. Chattanooga

9/21/2012 10:23:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Gavin McFarlin - Assistant SID

Game Highlights
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DAVIDSON, N.C. – The Davidson Wildcats started their quest for the program's fourth regular season Southern Conference title behind the legs of Dani Johnson (Norfolk, Va.) and Rachael Newmister (Clover, S.C.) with a strong 3-0 shutout of Chattanooga in both team's league-opener Friday evening at Alumni Stadium in women's soccer.

Johnson and Newmister each netted a goal, with Johnson scoring her first collegiate score off a corner kick loose ball to lead the offensive charge. Kelsey Krueger (Keller, Texas) also scored for the 'Cats (3-4-2, 1-0 SoCon), who picked up their fourth shutout of the year. The win is Davidson's eighth straight in the all-time series as it improved to 17-1-1 vs. the Mocs (2-4-1, 0-1 SoCon).

Julia Singley (Morganton, N.C.) was credited with her first assist of the season on Krueger's goal, while Newmister tallied her second assist of the season to go with her goal.

Rachel Locke (Carlsbad, Calif.) earned her sixth career shutout (third of the season), stopping four shots. Chattanooga's Lauren Thomas came up with nine saves.

Davidson dominated the shot column and corner kicks, holding 25-9 and 11-2 advantages.

Southern Conference play continues for the Wildcats this weekend when they welcome reigning league champion Samford to Alumni Stadium Sunday for a 2 p.m. matchup. The Bulldogs netted a 2-1 win at Georgia Southern earlier in the day on Friday.

Game Notes: This was the third time Davidson has opened SoCon play vs. UTC, improving to 3-0 … The Wildcats ran their record to 13-5-1 all-time in SoCon openers and 6-1-1 when playing a league opener at home … head coach Greg Ashton is now nine wins from 100 for his nine-year career at Davidson.

Scoring Summary
26:40    DAV   Dani Johnson (Rachael Newmister)
50:42    DAV   Rachael Newmister (unassisted)
63:14    DAV   Kelsey Krueger (Julia Singley)