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Team Samford
1
Winner The Citadel CIT (6-3-0, 1-0-0)
0
Samford SAM (4-3-3, 0-1-0)
Winner
The Citadel CIT
(6-3-0, 1-0-0)
1
Final
0
Samford SAM
(4-3-3, 0-1-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
The Citadel CIT 0 1 1
Samford SAM 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

The Citadel Stuns Samford on Yosue Goal

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. –  The Citadel opened Southern Conference play Friday night by stunning defending conference champion Samford, 1-0, at Yelton Field. Suzuka Yosue scored the game-winning goal in the 71st minute off a feed from Zoey Conrad.
 
The victory gave head coach Ciaran Traquair his 48th win with the Bulldogs, making him the school's all-time winningest coach. He surpassed Bob Winch (2006-15) for the honor. It also marked just the second win over Samford in 19 meetings.
 
Game Information
Score:  The Citadel 1, Samford 0
Records: The Citadel (6-3) SoCon (1-0-0), Samford (4-3-3) SoCon (0-1-0)
Location: Shauna Yelton Field (Birmingham, AL.)
All-Time Series: Samford leads 2-16-1
 
How it Happened
  • 71' Suzuka Yosue received the ball from teammate Zoey Conrad, then unleashed a shot from outside the opposition's box, beyond the reach of Samford's Morgan McAslan, finding the bottom left corner of the goal
Inside the Box Score
  • Jess Newton made her second start of the season, and second clean sheet, making six saves.
  • Ashley Frank and Mackenzie DePriest-Kessler were tied for a game-high of three shots each.
  • Suzuka Yosue added to her tallies of the season, now standing at three goals, six assists and 12 points, ranking first on the team.
  • Zoey Conrad's assist gives her four for the week.
  • The Citadel had two shots on goal versus Samford's six.
Close chances
  • 15' Newton made a crucial save as a cross found Samford's Mary Raymond inside the six-yard box who headed it towards the right corner of the goal.
  • 34' Maggie Melogy made a well-timed run with a through ball from Suzuka Yosue, Samford's keeper Morgan McAslan just beat Melogy to the ball. 
  • 50' Ashley Frank fired a shot from outside the box, forcing McAslan to make the save.
  • 51' Samford's set piece led to a header just over The Citadel's crossbar.
  • 53' Newton made another save with a shot from Samford's Taylor Yount.
  • 58' Kristi Jones found herself 1v1 with McAslan who was just able to block the close-range shot.
  • 66' Samford's Caroline Donovan made it on the end of a dangerous cross, Jess Newton making a save.
  • 81' Frank fired another shot, just going wide of goal.
  • 83' Ryleigh Jenkins almost found the back of the net, her shot too strong and just over the bar.
Up Next
The Citadel takes on Chattanooga this Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.
 
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