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Aiken women's soccer blank St. Andrews September 26, 2007 LAURINBURG, N.C.—Junior Laura Dickson (Aiken, S.C.) scored her first goal of the season to lead the visiting University of South Carolina at Aiken women’s soccer team to a 3-0 non-conference victory over host St. Andrews Presbyterian College on Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Jennifer Goodwin (Walterboro, S.C.) had a goal and an assist and freshman Brittany Paletar (Bel Air, Md.) provided a pair of assists to improve the Pacers to 3-7 on the season. USCA held an 11-1 shot advantage to hand the Knights (2-5-1 overall) their first loss at home. Dickson put the Pacers on the board in the 37th minute with the eventual game-winning goal. Sophomore Hanna Walsh (Lexington, S.C.) started an indirect kick by tapping the ball to Dickson, who then ripped a shot from just outside the box that deflected off a diving St. Andrews goalkeeper and just inside the near post. The game remained a close 1-0 contest until the hosts when down one player with 27 minutes left. After the SAPC red card, Aiken pressed on offense and was able to add a pair of insurance goals with the additional player. Junior Lauren Myers (Cross Lanes, W.Va.) doubled up the Pacers lead by stuffing away a close open shot at the 69-minute mark. Goodwin started the play with a crossing pass to Paletar inside the SAPC box, who then found Myers. Goodwin added the final goal just one minute and 12 seconds later after getting a breakaway pass from Paletar. USC-Aiken freshman goalkeeper Nicole Westphal (Springfield, Va.) only needed to make one save to earn the shutout. Junior goalkeeper Garrison Burton (Atlanta, Ga.) had three stops for the Knights. St. Andrews will host Conference Carolinas rival Limestone College on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. while Aiken entertains Peach Belt foe North Georgia on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. |