COLUMBIA,
Ky. – The No. 5 Martin Methodist College RedHawks won the Region XI
Championship last night by upsetting host No. 3 Lindsey Wilson College 1-0. This
is the RedHawks 2nd Region XI Championship in three years.
The
Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders came out of the gate ready to jump on the
RedHawks. The Blue Raiders had an 8-0 victory the night before where as the
RedHawks had played a 1-0 double-over time match the night before. The RedHawks
didn’t let the Blue Raiders get to them. They worked hard as a team and
executed their plays well.
Lisa Mann
scored the game winner for the RedHawks in the 54th minute of the match off a
pass from Amanda Johansson. This was Lisa’s third game winning goal in a row. The
RedHawks scored another goal four minutes later but it was disallowed due to a
foul on the Blue Raiders goal keeper. Lindsey Wilson had a chance to tie the
game with three minutes left and an open goal from four yards out but they shot
over the bar and the RedHawks would hold on to the lead.
Martin
Methodist’s mid-field and defense kept Lindsey Wilson’s offense to shooting
from a distance. The Blue Raiders only had six total shots and only one shot on
goal where the RedHawks had 14 total shots and 10 shots on goal. MMC’s goal
keeper Sarah Prendergast had one save and LWC’s goal keeper Carrie Revlett had
nine saves.
The
RedHawks are on a 12 game winning streak with a 16-4 record as the head to the
National Tournament in Daytona Beach, Fla. next week. The tournament pairing
will be released on Thursday November 8. 2007. For complete information on the
2007 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Tournament please visit www.naiasoccer.org.
