Women’s Soccer Clinches First Win Of The Season Over Jacksonville State

Friday, September 3

Jacksonville, AL

8:00 PM

Gardner-Webb University

1-4-0, 0-0-0

Jacksonville State

3-2-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Gardner-Webb	1	0	1
Jacksonville St.	0	0	0

Photo by: © GWU Photo Team

Women’s Soccer Clinches First Win Of The Season Over Jacksonville State

September 03, 2021 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The Gardner-Webb women's soccer team defeated Jacksonville State on Friday evening, earning its first win of the season. The final score was 1-0, Runnin' Bulldogs

"I'm so proud of this group tonight," said head coach Mike Varga "We played on the road a man down for 50 minutes and found a way to get the win. Katelyn came up huge for us and our team defending was extremely good tonight. The effort it took from everyone showed a lot of character and grit."

The eventual game winning goal came in the 42^nd minute of match play, as Maddie Turlington scored off of an assist from teammate Jaasiel Forde for the Red and Black.

The Gamecocks paced the matchup in shots with a total of 35, as the Runnin' Bulldogs only took four.

Jacksonville also led in corner kicks tonight with a total of 10, with Gardner-Webb taking two.

Helping to earn the win for the 'Dogs, Goalkeeper Katelyn Kellogg recorded 12 saves, and did not allow a single goal against her.

The Runnin' Bulldogs will be back in action on Sunday, September 5^th as they take on Alabama State in Montgomery at 3 p.m.

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