HARROGATE — Tusculum University Pioneers played to a 1-1 draw with the Lincoln Memorial University Railsplitters in South Atlantic Conference women's soccer Wednesday afternoon.
Wilma Axelsson scored in the 18th minute for the Pioneers (2-5-1, 0-2-1 SAC) and Jade Brown tallied in the 26th minute for the Railsplitters (2-3-2, 1-1-2 SAC). Lincoln Memorial outshot Tusculum 23-6 in the match, but Pioneer keeper Angel Chase made a season-high 10 saves to preserve the deadlock.
Chase was tested early, making five saves in the first 13 minutes with three stops against Ryan Branson, including a sliding tackle in the eighth minute and a dive to her left in the 13th minute.
Axelsson scored her first career goal to put the Pioneers up 1-0 at 17:13. Sydney Grant carried from the left side into the middle and delivered a pass to Axelsson, who fired a shot to the far top corner against LMU keeper Bente Latenstein.
Lincoln Memorial leveled the match at 25:50 as a shot in the box was blocked back to Brown, who had Chase on the ground as she fired home her first goal of the season.
Lincoln Memorial had a 7-2 edge in corner kicks and the Railsplitters were called for nine fouls to eight for the Pioneers. Each team was flagged once for offsides.
Tusculum was scheduled to travel to Mars Hill on Saturday for a SAC match, but that contest has been postponed due to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
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HARROGATE — A penalty kick goal from Ronan O'Mahony early in the second half held up as the winner for Lincoln Memorial University in a 2-1 victory over Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference men's soccer Wednesday night.
The Railsplitters (4-2-2, 1-2-1 SAC) outshot the Pioneers (0-5-1, 0-2-1 SAC) by a 15-5 margin after allowing a goal to Tusculum's Clarenns Sainrimat in the ninth minute. Gian-Carlo Kama scored the tying goal in the 35th minute, with O'Mahony netting the winner in the 56th minute.
The Pioneers had a chance to tie the match with just under eight minutes left, but a penalty kick from Mo Bouta went off the goalpost.
Lincoln Memorial had a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks. The Railsplitters were flagged eight times for offsides, and whistled for 16 fouls to 13 for the Pioneers.
Tusculum was scheduled to travel to Mars Hill on Saturday for a SAC match, but that contest has been postponed due to the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
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HARROGATE — Tusculum suffered its second straight South Atlantic Conference loss, falling 25-15, 12-25, 17-25, 18-25 on Wednesday.
The Pioneers drop to 5-8 overall and 3-2 in the SAC, while the Railsplitters improve to 9-3, 3-2.
Addison McLarty led Tusculum with nine kills, one of eight Pioneers to record an offensive point. Martina Foster (7), Whitney Thompson (6), Jordyn Roderick (5), Olivia Crowl (4), McKayla Willey (3), Madison Adkins (1), and Katherine Perrin (1) rounded out the scoring. Adkins totaled 26 assists, while Foster and Audrey Tribble landed a pair of aces. Amiranee Au continues to up her career-high, finishing with 29 digs, her fourth match of the season with 20-plus scoops. Adkins completed her double-double with 13 digs as Taylor Sanders added 11. Four Pioneers accounted for a trio of blocks: Foster, Crowl, Willey, and Adkins.
Tusculum will play at Anderson at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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