Bucs overcome early deficit to pull away from Alabama State

Sunday, September 15

Charleston, S.C.

1 PM

Charleston Southern University Athletics

3-3-0, 0-0-0

Alabama State

1-6-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Alabama St.	1	0	1
Charleston So.	2	1	3

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Bucs overcome early deficit to pull away from Alabama State

9/15/2019 5:06:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Grace Harr and Elise Borys scored less than a minute apart late in the first half to wipe out a 1-0 deficit and send Charleston Southern on its way to a 3-1 victory over Alabama State on Sunday at the CSU Soccer Field.

The Bucs (3-3) added an insurance goal with 10 minutes remaining when Mason Pinkerton found the back of the net. CSU remains at home on Wednesday with a 4 p.m. game against College of Charleston in the annual Silver Cup contest.

Highlights

How It Happened
•   CSU started strong with four shots in the opening seven minutes, but it was the Hornets (1-6) who scored first on Isabella Beortegui's fourth goal of the season.
•   The Bucs continued to put the pressure on the Alabama State defense, but shots by Juliana Barbaccia and Kylie Doster hit the crossbar to keep CSU off the board.
•   The Bucs finally tied it in the 42nd minute when Harr scored the first goal of her freshman season, assisted by Dakota Fiedler.
•   Just 56 seconds later Elise Borys chipped a ball to the top of the goal and it sneaked past the hands of Kylian Thomas to give the Bucs a 2-1 lead. The goal was Borys' second of the season.
•   The two goals concluded a dominating first half in which CSU held a 13-2 advantage in shots.
•   In the 80th minute, the Bucs put the game on ice when Pinkerton scored her first career goal off a run started by a pass from Bri Robinson.

Inside the Numbers
•   CSU finished with season highs in shots with 24 and shots on goal with 11 while holding the Hornets to eight shots and three on target.
•   Robinson and Kayla Reese led the Bucs with four shots each while Pinkerton added three.
•   CSU earned seven corner kicks and did not allow any.
•   Thomas made eight saves for Alabama State while Gonzalez was forced to make only two.

News and Notes
•   Fiedler has assists in the past two games and four in her career.
•   Borys joined Doster and Zari Hayes for the team lead with two goals.
•   Pinkerton's goal came in her second career start.
•   Despite only making two saves, Gonzalez moved into 10th place in school history with 111 in her career.
•   The Bucs have won both meetings with Alabama State, although Sunday's game was a far cry from a 14-0 victory in 2009.

Up Next
The Bucs face College of Charleston on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the CSU Soccer Field in the annual Silver Cup contest.