ECU Posts Second Straight Shutout with 1-0 Win

Thursday, August 31

Buies Creek, NC

4:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

4-0-0

Campbell

2-2-0

ECU

CAMPBELL

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

August 31, 2017 | Soccer

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Buies Creek, N.C. – ECU's Courtney Cash scored in the 69th minute giving the Pirates a 1-0 win over Campbell on Thursday evening. The Pirates improve to 4-0, the best start for ECU since 1998, while Campbell moves to 2-2 overall.

Erin Mikalsen found Cashlin Copley who then fed Cash the ball for a give-and-go goal from 10 yards out. Cash's goal was her second of the season, giving her a team-leading six points. The assists marked both Copley and Mikalsen's career firsts.

Michelle Newhouse improved to 3-0 as a Pirate making a pair of saves and facing just four shots the entire match.

Team Records
ECU (4-0), Campbell (2-2)

Donnenwirth's Thoughts
"I thought this was the first game maybe that we didn't start well. But as the game went on I think we were able to possess the ball pretty well. I thought we got into the attacking third a lot but that's when our decision making wasn't the greatest. Pass when you should shoot, shoot when you should pass; those decisions were got good enough. The goal was fantastic, you know, it was a great play by Cash and Cash (laughs). I just thought we defended really well. They didn't get a lot of great looks. Michelle did pretty well, she didn't face many shots but she got a few high balls that she had to deal with and put out some fires before a shot that could happen. I feel like Kim [Sanford] did really well in the back, all our backs did well but Kim especially did well."

Scoring Summary
68:34 – ECU GOAL: Courtney Cash (Cashlin Copley/Erin Mikalsen) [ECU 1, Campbell 0]

News and Notes

The Pirates improve to 4-0 marking the best start for ECU since 1998
ECU has recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2015 when the Pirates defeated ODU 1-0 (Sept. 20) and Houston 2-0 (Sept. 24)
Copley and Mikalsen both tallied their first career assists in the win
Michelle Newhouse improves to 3-0 in goal with a 0.33 goals against average and four saves
ECU improves to 11-4-1 all-time against Campbell and 6-2 in matches on the road

Up Next
ECU returns home to host Old Dominion at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3. Gates open at Johnson Stadium an hour prior to first touch.

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