Dahlonega, Ga. —- The 8th-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team struck with 14 seconds left off the foot of Ella Matthews to earn their highest ranked win in program history in a 1-0 road win over 4th-ranked North Georgia on Wednesday.
TEAM STATISTICS
- North Georgia out-shot Catawba 12-5
- Both teams put three shots on goal
- UNG took three of five corner kicks in the match
- The Catawba Indians were called for 11 of 19 fouls in the match
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
- Matthews scored the winner in the 90th minute
- Bree Ehmer delivered the assist
- Jenni Dähne made three saves in the clean sheet
- Ali Skinner and Lauren Darbo put the other shots on goal for Catawba
HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST HALF
- Darbo tested the North Georgia keeper with a shot on goal in the sixth minute
- The Nighthawks responded with a shot that hit the crossbar and two shots that forced a save from Dähne before the 30th minute
- Both teams just recorded one off-target shot in the final 15 minutes of the half as the teams settled in
SECOND HALF
- Another Nighthawk shot hit the crossbar in the 47th minute
- UNG's final shot on target came in the 64th minute, but Dähne made the stop
- Skinner put a shot on goal in the 79th minute, but UNG made the stop
- In the final minute, Catawba did not get a close foul call in the box, but stole a throw in and passed it to two Catawba Indians before finding Ehmer who fed Matthews at the top of the box and her right-footed bad squeezed by the keeper on the left side for the last-second winner
GAME NOTES
- Catawba's highest ranked win in program history
- The Catawba Indians' second top-five win all-time; first since topping 5th-ranked Tusculum in 2006
- Victory in a matchup of the top two teams in the United Soccer Coaches' Southeast Region poll
- Catawba clinches its fifth straight 10-plus win season and seventh in the last seven full seasons, the longest of the Nick Brown era
UP NEXT
- Catawba returns to South Atlantic Conference play on Sunday, traveling to Emory & Henry for a 2 p.m. start with the Wasps
