FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.  Following a 10-day layoff, Methodist College girls’s soccer returned to motion with its first house contest of the 2024 season, internet hosting Guilford School on Wednesday night. It was not the best opener the Monarchs pictured as they performed a woman-down for 77 minutes, lightning within the space pressured everybody off the pitch for over an hour, after which being shut out by the Quakers within the 2-0 loss.  

JUST THE FACTS
Remaining rating: Guilford def. Methodist, 2­–0
Information: Methodist 1–3, Guilford 5–1
Location: Duggins Soccer Stadium; Fayetteville, North Carolina
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Within the 13th minute, Guilford Naomi Campbell appeared like she was going to have a one-on-one scenario with the Methodist keeper, however a tug on her jersey by a Monarch defender prevented her from reaching the ball. This inclined the referee to problem a purple card to that Methodist defender for denying a goal-scoring alternative for N. Campbell.
  • At that precise second, the inclement climate rolled in and put the match on maintain till lightning was out of the world.
  • After the restart, each groups fired off a few pictures however didn’t rating till the 36th minute. Quaker goalie Adyson Franken had simply picked up the ball inside her field earlier than kicking the ball to midfield. A fast head flick by a Guilford participant put the ball within the open discipline, after which a footrace between Emily Parker of the Quakers and a Monarch defender ensued. Parker was the primary participant to the ball, and from the highest of the Methodist field, she chipped in a kick that went over the outstretched arms of Carolina Simpkins, Methodist’s keeper, and into the underside proper nook.
  • Guilford would double its complete variety of targets within the 50th minute, with N. Campbell scoring on the play. A failed Monarch clear-out ended up on the ft of Quaker Mya Rivera, and she or he took just a few steps earlier than passing the ball off to N. Campbell, who was on the high of the Methodist field. A fast contact, flip, and shot hit the within of the right-side submit and into the online.

NUMBERS

  • Guilford outshot the Monarchs by a 15 to 6 margin, together with a ten to at least one distinction within the second half.
  • Six completely different Methodist gamers took a shot with Kelsey Burge, Lola Campbell, Charly Oldham, and Camaryn Piper recording a shot on objective.
  • In objective for the Monarchs was Simpkins, who registered a season-high eight saves whereas in web.

UP NEXT
Methodist is again in motion on Saturday, September 21, with the staff touring to Fredericksburg, Virginia, to face the College of Mary Washington. The sport is scheduled to start at 1 PM.
    



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