ECU Blanks Tulsa 1-0 in Final Home Match

Sunday, October 15

Greenville, N.C.

1:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

6-7-2, 1-5

Tulsa

3-12-3, 1-6-1

Tulsa

ECU

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

October 15, 2017 | Soccer

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The ECU women's soccer team (6-7-2, 1-5) blanked Tulsa (3-12-3, 1-6-1), 1-0, in front of the Pirates largest home crowd of the season on Sunday afternoon in the home finale. Michelle Newhouse made three saves en route to posting her fifth shutout on the year while Courtney Cash scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season.

The win snaps a five-match losing streak for the Pirates and gives them their first since defeating UNCW 3-0 at home on Sept. 14. ECU finishes the home season 4-3-2 at Johnson Stadium improving from last year's 3-6-1 slate.

Cash's goal in the 29th minute was the boots ECU needed. Jenna Geist assisted Cash's goal which marked her team-best fourth helper of the season.

Team Records
ECU (6-7-2, 1-5 ACC), Tulsa (3-11-3, 1-6-1 AAC)

Scoring Summary
28:32 – ECU Goal: Courtney Cash (Jenna Geist) [ECU 1, Tulsa 0]

Donnenwirth's Thoughts
"Our game plan every game is to outshoot the other team. I thought our possession in the beginning was good we weren't panicking, we missed some opportunities to play the ball wide, we were offside a couple of times when we shouldn't have been and there was no reason to be in an offside position with a wide player there, you don't need to cut it that close. That was the only disappointing thing, I thought our first half was very good though. Overall, I wish we scored a second one because when you don't you know what's going to happen in the end. You're going to have to suffer through those last minutes and we had to suffer through them. And, you know what, we finally got a couple of bounces today. They're the ones that hit the post. So, the last game we didn't get the bounce and this game we got it. I think you get that from hard work and there is no question that our girls definitely worked hard. This is definitely a Sunday grind it out kind of win."

News and Notes

ECU improves to 7-4-1 all-time against Tulsa and is 3-1-1 at home against the Golden Hurricane
The win snapped a five-match losing streak for the Pirates giving them their first AAC win of the season
Michelle Newhouse earned her fifth shutout of the season with three saves
Jenna Geist dished out her team-leading fourth assist of the season
Courtney Cash's goal marked her sixth of the season
ECU outshot Tulsa 12-8 and edged the Golden Hurricane 4-2 in corner kicks
Tulsa's Annabeth Fouts was ejected in the 83rd minute of the match marking the first opposing player to be given a red card against ECU this season

Up Next
ECU hits the road for the remaining three regular season matches beginning Thursday when the Pirates head to Dallas, Texas, on Thursday to face SMU. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m.