Women's Soccer

CSU Ties in Annual Silver Cup Match

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The Lady Bucs tied in their annual Silver Cup Match against cross-town rival The College of Charleston, with a final score of 2-2. The match is an annual meeting of the two schools who play for a covenanted silver cup and bragging rights, rights that both teams want and rarely share.

CSU came out strong with the first shot attempt of the game by Caitlin Wesnesky only two minutes into the half, where CSU would out-shoot their opponents 7-5. The first half was littered with failed shot attempts and fouls by both teams. CSU showed great momentum in the 10th minute of play when Wesnesky and Briana Murphy were both in scoring position and both pumped hard shots into the goal that were saved by The College.

The same scenario would happen again in the 20th minute of play when Emma Mattsson, who had three shots on the night, would fire a hard shot into the goal immediately following a save by The College's Erin Smith. Brianna Murphy and Lindsey Trexler would each follow in the 37th minute with consecutive shots that would be stopped by Smith.

Charleston Southern would pull forward on the scoreboard early in the second half with a goal by sophomore Michelle Dennis, set up by a corner kick from Jen Vroman. Not to be outdone, The College would respond with a goal of their own at the 58:28 mark, and less than five minutes later with their second goal.

Down by one goal, senior leadership stepped up for the Lady Bucs as Emma Mattsson scored the second CSU goal of game on an assist from Sarah Catenacci. Regulation would end with a score of 2-2.

The first and second over-times would result in no gains for either team. The first over-time would be started with a shot attempt by CSU's Michelle Dennis that flew just high of the goal, and would end with a save by CSU's Alyssa Budros after a shot attempt from The College. The second over-time would be much of same fast-paced tempo with little gain to show for it. CSU's Lindsey Trexler and Michelle Dennis would both attempt to pull the Lady Bucs in front, but were answered with saves from The College's Smith. The end of double overtime would leave the score at a tie of 2-2, and leave both teams waiting for next year and a chance to hold sole bragging rights.

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