MONTEVALLO, Ala. – For the first time in program history, Montevallo women's soccer knocked off No. 5 Columbus State, 1-0, to close the regular season.
CSU put senior keeper
Ciara Duff to work early with the Scot making her first save of the night in the second minute. After
Lainey Farabaugh fired a shot on goal in the fourth minute,
Karsyn Ross won the scrum in front of the net and buried her shot to give Montevallo a 1-0 advantage in the eighth minute. Duff added a second save in the 10
th minute before
Katelynn Kott was denied by the left post in the 18
th. Following yet another Duff stop, Farabaugh looked to beat the keeper in the 27
th minute but was turned aside. Late in the first half, Duff again kept the Falcons in front with her fourth save of the night to send the game to the break with Montevallo leading 1-0.
Out of the break, the Lady Cougars looked to knot the score with back-to-back shots on goal early, but Duff remained unbeatable with another pair of saves. The 68
th minute saw Farabaugh fire another shot on goal that was again denied. The game moved to a battle in the midfield for the next 20 minutes before Duff tallied her seventh save of the night in the 84
th minute. Montevallo would stave off a pair of late CSU corners and hold on for a 1-0 win and extend its record regular-season wins to 14.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 1 | No. 5 Columbus State 0
Records: Montevallo 14-2-1 (9-1-1 GSC) | No. 5 Columbus State 12-3-2 (7-0-2 PBC)
Location: Varsity Field | Montevallo, Ala.
GAME NOTES
- Montevallo's 14-2-1 regular season record is the best mark in the program's history while its win over CSU marked the first time the Falcons topped the Lady Cougars.
- The Falcons held a slim 14-11 lead in shots while adding an 8-7 advantage in shots on goal.
- Columbus State won a total of five corners while Montevallo was awarded four with both sides committing nine fouls apiece.
- Karsyn Ross scored Montevallo's lone goal on the night with just one shot while Lainey Farabaugh fired five shots with four on frame.
- Ciara Duff tallied her first clean sheet of the season with seven saves on 11 shots faced in her 90 minutes in goal.
UP NEXT: Montevallo gets set to host No. 8 seed Trevecca Nazarene on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. in the first round of the Gulf South Conference tournament.
