Hornets Earn Automatic Bid to NCAA Tournament
LYNCHBURG, Va. --- The third-seeded
Lynchburg College women's soccer team successfully defended its Old
Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) title Sunday afternoon with a
2-0 victory over #4 Bridgewater College in the conference
tournament finals. The victory gives the Hornets their
third-straight ODAC title, the fifth in the last six seasons, and
the 11th in program history.
The Hornets dominated the first 35 minutes of play, but only could
convert one scoring opportunity. Senior Kristen
Melchiori fired a high shot at 4:51 that deflected off the
Eagle keeper's fingers and went into the net. Junior Angela
Bosco was awarded an assist on the play.
Lynchburg had a few chances to extend the lead, including a header
by sophomoreDessi
Dupuy at the 31-minute mark that Lindsay McDole kept out
of the net with a diving save. The last 10 minutes of the period
belonged to Bridgewater, but Hornet senior keeper Audrey
Moore made a sliding save on an excellent scoring
opportunity by Eagle junior Melanie Waters to keep the lead at one
heading into intermission.
McDole made three saves in the first 15 minutes of the second half
before LC struck again. Senior Rachel
Sadowski got the play started with a nifty move to clear
the ball across midfield and Dupuy eventually got the ball in the
box. Dupuy fed sophomoreDana
Nelsen who found the back of the net. Moore made two saves
in the next few minutes and the Hornet defense made the two-goal
lead stand up.
Lynchburg held a 25-5 lead in shots and took all five corner kicks
in the game. McDole made nine saves for the Eagles, while Moore
made four stops.
The Eagles finish the season 12-7-2.
Lynchburg (19-0-3) earns the ODAC automatic bid to the NCAA
Division III Tournament, starting next week. The NCAA selection
show is scheduled to air Monday at 1:30 p.m. via this link: http://www.ncaa.com/live/player?vid=2012/563&date=2012/11/05.
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ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Sam Butrym, Shenandoah Hannah Oakes, Shenandoah Jess Edelman, Virginia Wesleyan Christina Fernandez, Virginia Jessica Sites, Bridgewater Elizabeth Stump, Bridgewater Melanie Waters, Bridgewater Shelley Hoath, Lynchburg Kristen Melchiori, Lynchburg Audrey Moore, Lynchburg Rachel Sadowski, Lynchburg |
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| Members of the All-Tournament Team at
Lynchburg (l-r): Kristen Melchiori, Audrey Moore, Shelley Hoath and Rachel Sawdows from Lynchburg; President Dr. Kenneth Garren from Lynchburg; Interim- President Mr. Roy Ferguson, Bridgewater; Jessica Sites, Melanie Waters and Elizabeth Stump from Bridgewater. |
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courtesy of the Lynchburg College sports information department.
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athletics.lynchburg.edu