Lindberg Scores Twice in Pirates' First Road Win

Friday, August 25

Davidson, NC

7:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

2-0

Davidson

1-2

East Carolina

Davidson

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

August 25, 2017 | Soccer

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Davidson, N.C. – ECU's Annah Lindberg recorded her first career multi-goal game in the Pirates' first road match of the season in a 2-1 win over Davidson. ECU improves to 2-0 overall while Davidson falls to 1-2 on the season. Veronica Thordardottir assisted Lindberg's first goal for her first career helper as a Pirate.

After a scoreless first half, the Pirates went ahead in the 48th minute when Lindberg found the back of the net on a header off of Thordardottir's corner kick. Allison Gray evened the match at 1-1 in the 87th minute but Lindberg responded less than a minute later to give ECU a 2-1 lead.

Graduate student Michelle Newhouse made a pair of saves and allowed one goal in a complete game for her first career appearance with the Pirates.

Team Records
ECU (2-0), Davidson (1-2)

Donnenwirth's Thoughts
"I think our team learned how tough road games are. Davidson battled and made it difficult to get behind them all game. Our team has a lot of fight and Annah Lindberg scored two big goals tonight."

Scoring Summary
47:18 – ECU GOAL: Annah Lindberg (Veronica Thordardottir) [ECU 1, Davidson 0]
86:45 – DAVIDSON GOAL: Allison Gray (Mia Hodges) [ECU 1, Davidson 1]
87:35 – ECU GOAL: Annah Lindberg (unassisted) [ECU 2, Davidson 1]

News and Notes

The Pirates improve to 10-0 all-time versus Davidson and have outscored the Wildcats 11-2 in the last five meetings
ECU starts the season 2-0 for the first time since 2009
The Pirates outshot the Wildcats 15-6 but Davidson held a 4-3 edge in corner kicks
Annah Lindberg scored her fifth and sixth career goals in the win while recording her first career multi-goal game
Lindberg has scored in three of the Pirates' last four matches dating back to last season

Up Next
ECU returns to the friendly confines of Johnson Stadium on Sunday to face Towson (2-0-1) at 1 p.m. The Tigers are coming off a 1-0 road win at Longwood on Thursday night.