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Women's Soccer Defeats Gardner-Webb 3-0 in Quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament

       

Women's Soccer Defeats Gardner-Webb 3-0 in Quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament

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HIGH POINT, N.C. – No. 1 Coastal Carolina recorded a 3-0 shutout over No. 8 Gardner-Webb  in the third game of the 2008 Big South Women’s Soccer Championship, Thursday at Vert Soccer Stadium on the campus of High Point University.  The Chanticleers will play the winner of No. 4 Charleston Southern-No. 5 High Point, Friday night at 7:00pm, the Chanticleers’ third straight appearance to the Semifinals.    Coastal Carolina opened up the scoring behind a nice buildup starting from their backline.  In the final third, Emily McColl found Anna Tupy who fired a shot into the far right corner of the goal to notch the game’s first score in the 11th minute.  It was Tupy’s fifth goal of the season.   The second goal for Coastal Carolina came off a GWU miscue in the 19th minute.  Goalie Jessica Tuggle mishit her punt attempt sending it straight to CCU’s Ashleigh Gunning, who calmly placed the ball in the back of the open net for the first of her two goals on the day.   Gunning’s second goal came in the second half of play, when she dribbled across the top of the 18-yard box and hit a bending shot to the upper right corner of the net to notch her second goal of the game.  It officially came in the 56th minute of action.  It was her 10th goal of the season and fourth coming against Gardner-Webb.   Gunning led the way for the Chanticleers scoring two goals on team-best seven shots.  For the Runnin’ Bulldogs, Angie Harvey and Dara Goldstein both record two shots in the contest.   CCU outshot the GWU by a 31-7 advantage, while the two sides were equal in corner kicks at three.  Karen Pavlick played the full 90 minutes in goal for Coastal Carolina, making four saves.  Tuggle started the game in net for Gardner-Webb and played the first 55 minutes while stopping seven shots.  Chelsea Hearne came in relief, playing the final 35 minutes of the match for GWU making six saves.   Coastal Carolina improves to12-6-1 on the year, while Gardner-Webb ends its season at 4-13-2.  CCU will be making its fourth appearance in the Big South Tournament semifinals on Friday.   QUOTES   Coastal Carolina Head Coach Rohan Naraine “The first game is always tough.  I’m glad we got through it.  I thought we played well.  We got a lot of players in, which is good.  We rested some players.  We have to play a little better tomorrow.  I thought Karen (Pavlick) played real well in goal and I’m proud of the defense.  It was a great game for us to get started.  Now we have to settle down and get ready for tomorrow.”   Gardner-Webb Head Coach Kevin Mounce “Our kids played hard, we were just beaten by a very good team tonight. With our youth [14 freshmen and sophomores] this was a great learning experience to advance to the tournament. We’re growing as a program, and hope to be back next season.”