Trojans Win, Control Their Own Playoff Destiny
By: Josh Rultenberg
Updated: October 18, 2012
From Troy Media Relations:
TROY, Ala. - They needed double overtime, but the Troy soccer team (7-9-2, 2-5-1) took down Louisiana-Lafayette (7-10-1, 1-6-1) 1-0 on Thursday on a strike by Maddie Tieken at the Troy Soccer Complex. With the win, Troy takes over the eighth place in the Sun Belt Conference standings with just two games remaining. The Trojans now await the results of the rest of today's matches to see where they stand.
TROY, Ala. - They needed double overtime, but the Troy soccer team (7-9-2, 2-5-1) took down Louisiana-Lafayette (7-10-1, 1-6-1) 1-0 on Thursday on a strike by Maddie Tieken at the Troy Soccer Complex. With the win, Troy takes over the eighth place in the Sun Belt Conference standings with just two games remaining. The Trojans now await the results of the rest of today's matches to see where they stand.
"At
this point we control our own destiny," said head coach Chris Bentley.
"We have to focus on continuing to get better. We can learn a lot from
this and try to
press forward."
Tieken
corralled a deep pass from Samantha Morgan and broke away past the
defense to slot the ball past the goalkeeper with just 2:40 remaining in
the second overtime.
The
Trojans currently sit in eighth place, and control their own destiny
heading into their final two matches against ULM and South Alabama.
Chelsey
Williams had a great chance in the 21st minute, breaking through the
Ragin' Cajun defense. After receiving the ball at the corner of the
18-yard box, Williams
made a nice move to get past the defender and placed a soft shot past
the goalkeeper. The Louisiana-Lafayette defender recovered to clear the
ball off the line, before Williams fired another shot that that
required an incredible clear off the line.
Williams
received another great ball from Paige McMillan late in the half,
streaking toward the goal. Amanda Moorefield made the initial save for
the Ragin' Cajuns,
but the deflection appeared to be headed for the goal before the
defender cleared the ball off the line.
Katie
Comeno-Lewis came up huge for the Trojans in the second half, as
Elizabeth Manuel fired a shot in from 15-yards, forcing Comeno-Lewis to
make a quick sprawling
save with her left leg.
Williams
was at the center of attention in the first overtime as well, blasting a
shot from 10-yards out that the goalkeeper deflected to the post.
The Trojans now head to Monroe, La. to face ULM on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
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more information, be sure to visit TroyTrojans.com. Fans can also find
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