Women's Soccer Battles As They Draw To Georgia College
Chattanooga, TN – The Lincoln Memorial women's soccer team battled hard as they finished in a 0-0 draw against Georgia College.
Both teams were able to progress the ball into their attacking thirds, but the first shot of the match came from Viktoria Filsner in the 12th minute, high. Minutes later in the 14th, Raven Wellington produces a shot opportunity, off target. The Bobcats' first shot of the match comes in the 18th minute, and the Railsplitters follow up with a shot in the 21st minute from Edie Wilds, blocked by a Bobcat. In the same minute, Lieve Schiphof put off a shot to give another scoring opportunity to LMU, wide. The last attacking chance for either team comes from Georgia College in the 34th minute. As the last 11 minutes of the half went without a shot, the teams went into halftime 0-0.
LMU pushed more offensively in the first, as they produced more shot opportunities (4-2) and more corners, as Lincoln Memorial had five compared to the Bobcat's three.
Georgia College pushed right when the half began, as they earned a corner kick and a shot in the 46th minute, with the shot saved by Emma Cooke, her first save of the day. Minutes later in the 48th minute, the Bobcats took another shot on goal which gave Cooke save #2 of the afternoon. After that, LMU got into their attacking third and earned themselves back-to-back corners, followed by a Jade Brown shot in the 57th minute. Georgia College was able to respond with a shot of their own in the 64th minute, wide, followed by two more shots in the 70th, minute, 74th minute, and 78th minute, one high, one saved by Cooke, and one wide, respectively. LMU's closest goal opportunity came in the 81st minute when Kenzie Zimmers slid in for a shot but was saved by the goalkeeper. With Zimmer's shot being the last chance for either team, the match ends scoreless for a 0-0 draw.
Schiphof, Brown, Wellington, Wilds, Zimmers, and Filsner each had one shot each, with Zimmers producing the lone shot on goal for the Railsplitters. Cooke played all 90 minutes for LMU and earned herself three saves.
As a team, Lincoln Memorial was slightly outshot as Georgia College produced eight shots and LMU took 6. Despite that, LMU had more saves (3-1) and more corner kick opportunities (8-6).
With the draw, Lincoln Memorial move to 1-0-1 on the season.
LMU aims to shift their focus onto Wednesday, September 10th as they travel to Central, SC to face Southern Wesleyan University at 5 pm.