Women's Soccer Ties TCU
September 20, 2002 | Soccer
The Pirates (3-2-2, 0-0-1) attempted just three shots in the game's opening 45 minutes, but made one count. In the 34th minute, ECU's Meghan McCallion started a counter attack and slotted a ball to Krystel Pabey, who found enough space on the right side to fire a shot. Pabey struck the ball well to the near post and it snuck past TCU goalkeeper Ruth DeJong to give the Pirates a 1-0 lead heading into intermission.
TCU scored the equalizer in the 59th minute when senior Nicole Carman crossed a ball from the right flank into the penalty area. Sophomore Laura Greenberg played the ball, which was at her feet, and took a shot from eight yards away that was stopped by East Carolina goalkeeper Lauren Church. But Greenberg regrouped by taking the rebound and blasting the ball past Church and into the back of the net. It was Greenberg's second goal of the year and increased Carman's team-leading point total to 12.
The teams combined to take just four shots in the 20 minutes of overtime, and the game ended in a deadlock. DeJong played all 110 minutes in the net for TCU, making four saves. Church, East Carolina's goalkeeper, was forced to make eight stops on the afternoon. TCU outshot East Carolina by a 20-7 margin.
"We battled hard, but we are still not making good decisions in the offensive end, around the box, which is giving us some miss opportunities," ECU Coach Rob Donnenwirth commented. "The team played very hard, including our backs. Although they had 20 shots a lot came from outside."
The Pirates play Memphis this Sunday and will return home September 27 to take on South Florida.
