Bucs Overcome Early Deficit with Offensive Flurry to Defeat The Citadel 4-2

Thursday, September 11

Charleston, SC

3:00 PM

Charleston Southern University Athletics

1-3-3, 0-0-0

The Citadel

3-3-1, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
The Citadel	1	1	2
Charleston So.	1	3	4

Photo by: Jim Killian/CSU Sports

9/11/2025 10:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

The Basics
Score: Charleston Southern 4 – The Citadel 2
Record: CSU (1-3-3) – CIT (2-4-1)
Location: CSU Soccer Field

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern overcame an early deficit on Thursday afternoon in their final nonconference game ahead of Big South play next week. The Buccaneers prevailed with a 4-2 scoreline over crosstown rival in The Citadel.

The Bulldogs got out ahead early with a goal by Alice Williamson in the second minute and held on to the advantage for majority of the half.

Just before the end of the half, Charleston Southern earned a free kick down to the left of the goal. Claire DeAngelis sent it into the middle of the box and was able to find Hailey Swenson who put it in the back of the net just before the break to get it level and net her first goal of her Buccaneer career.

In the second half, it was all Buccaneers as they tallied three unanswered goals in a 15 minute-span with a pair by Jenéa Knight giving them the lead at 2-1 and then pushing it to 3-1 later off an assist by Swenson. Cadance Bell tallied the first of her career off a free kick from Rowyn Serne to push the score to 4-1. The Bulldogs' Didi Turay got one back in the closing minutes to make the final score 4-2.

Mason collected four saves in the contest, while CSU outshot the Bulldogs 11-7 overall.

Inside the Box Score

Hailey Swenson and Cadance Bell each scored their first goal of 2025.
The four goals on the day for the Bucs marks a season-high.
Jenéa Knight led all goal scorers with two on the day.
Goalkeeper Avery Mason posted four saves in 90 minutes.

Scoring Summary
1:45 (CIT) Williamson
45:00 (CSU) Swenson (DeAngelis)
61:02 (CSU) Knight
73:36 (CSU) Knight (Swenson)
76:14 (CSU) Bell (Serne)
82:36 (CIT) Turay

Up Next
Charleston Southern will be back in action next Saturday, September 20 as they will travel to UNC Asheville for the Bucs' conference opener. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

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