Short-handed #4 Women's Soccer falls vs. #10 Lenoir-Rhyne in top-10 showdown

Salisbury, N.C. —- The 4th-ranked Catawba College women's soccer team dropped its regular season finale at Frock Field to 10th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne Wednesday night, 2-1, in South Atlantic Conference women's soccer action.

TEAM STATS

- Lenoir-Rhyne out-shot Catawba 14-12

- The Bears held a slight 5-4 lead in shots on goal

- LR has eight of 10 corner kicks on the night

- Catawba received two of three yellow cards in the match

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Hannah Dunn scored the lone goal for Catawba on a team-high two shots on goal

- Madison Henry and Bree Ehmer recorded the other shots on target for the Catawba Indians

- McKenzee Johnson, Kasey Hahn and Kylie Morin were the other shot-takers

- Ashley Hughes made three saves in goal

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- Hansson struck twice early on for the Bears, scoring in the third and sixth minutes to give LR an early 2-0 lead

- Ehmer's shot in the ninth minute was saved

- The teams settled in, as no team got a shot on target until Dunn scored a rocket in the 26th minute

SECOND HALF

- The Bears' Neve Duston's try to extend the lead in the 49th minute was saved by Hughes

- Catawba started to gain the offensive momentum, as Dunn and Ehmer's shots on goal were saved in the 57th and 65th minutes

- LR received a penalty kick opportunity in the 74th minute, but Hughes stepped up for the huge save

- The Bears kept Catawba from attempting a shot in the final minutes to hold on for the road victory

UP NEXT

- Catawba opens up postseason play on Saturday, as the 2-seed Catawba Indians host 7-seed Limestone at Frock Field at 5 p.m.