BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA – The University of South Carolina Beaufort soccer team faced Coker University on Wednesday afternoon, as the Cobras earned a 2-0 win over the Sand Sharks after scoring two second-half goals.
"I thought we saw a ton of the ball and created a lot of good chances. We didn't take ours and they took theirs, and that's how soccer goes sometimes," stated head coach Gary Boughton.
USCB falls to 3-2 on the season in its final game before conference play. Coker improves to 2-3 on the year.
The Sand Sharks finished with 17 shots in the game, including seven on goal. Coker finished with two goals on 13 shots. Sophia Willis led USCB with six shots in the game, while Addie Rollison earned the start in goal and made seven saves.
In the opening half, USCB goalkeeper Rollison made the first save of the game off a Coker shot before a counterattack by Kate James resulted in the Sand Sharks' first shot on goal.
USCB continued to look for an opportunity after back-to-back corner-kick attempts, leading to a shot on goal by Alice Webster, but the Coker goalkeeper made the save. The Sand Sharks continued to apply pressure in the middle of the first half with two more corner-kick attempts, but another save by the Coker goalkeeper kept the game tied at 0-0.
Rollison made two more saves late in the half, keeping the score 0-0 heading into the halftime break.
After a Sand Sharks shot was saved early in the second half, the Cobras responded with a breakaway that led to the game's first goal after a lead pass in front gave Coker a 1-0 lead.
In the 74th minute, Coker extended its lead to 2-0 after a cross led to a shot into the upper-right part of the goal.
Coker held a 2-0 lead with about 15 minutes left to play. USCB had a couple more shots in the final few minutes, but the Cobras closed out the 2-0 win over the Sand Sharks on Wednesday.
The Sand Sharks will remain home for their third straight home game when they host No. 17 North Georgia on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.
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