WILLIAMSBURG, Va.—The William & Mary women's soccer team used a pair of second-half-goals to upend Elon, 2-0, at home on Sunday.
With the victory W&M (6-0-5, 3-0-2) remains unbeaten through their first 11 matches of the season.
The Tribe attacked out of the gate, but only had near misses to show for it. The first of their chances came in the 16
th minute from
Kayleigh Shackford, who rifled a shot from just outside the box that narrowly went over the cross bar.
Elon (1-5-3, 0-3-1) recorded their first shot of the game moments later, but the chance led to an easy save for Tribe keeper
Zoe Doughty.
The Green and Gold kept applying pressure and recorded back-to-back shots on goal in the 26
th minute by Elania Longjohn and
Mia Suchora. Both attempts were saved by the Elon keeper, and the game remained 0-0 heading into halftime.
At the break the Tribe led in shots 8-6.
When the second half opened, Suchora had another chance to break the scoreless tie, finding the ball at her feet after an Elon giveaway just outside of the box, but her shot missed high.
Shackford got her second crack at goal in the 59
th minute and made sure to take advantage this time.
Recovering the ball off an Elon clearance attempt, Shackford launched a shot from 28 yards out that couldn't have been more perfectly placed in the top left corner to put W&M up 1-0.
Despite taking the lead, the Tribe's attack remained relentless, pelting the Elon defense with shot attempts.
With the game winding down, the third time was the charm for Suchora, taking a pass from
Leah Iglesias in the 84
th minute and scoring to salt the game away for the Tribe 2-0.
When the dust settled William & Mary outshot the Phoenix 20-8 overall and 12-2 in the second half. Elon only had one shot on goal all game.
Scoring
59'|W&M-
Kayleigh Shackford
84'|W&M-
Mia Suchora (
Leah Iglesias)
Starters
W&M- #19 Doughty (GK), #2 Wilson, #9 Sellers, #10 Shackford, #13 Green-Orset, #14 O'Toole, #15 Widderich, #18 Zier, #22 Delacruz, #23 Crain, #27 Suchora
Elon- #1 Hamner, #3 Totten, #6 Gelhaus, #9 Lowe, #10 Buckle, #14 Juran, #19 Cappellett, #20 Degan, #23 Coffman, #24 Jones, #27 Hoschek
Up Next
The Tribe faces a road test Thursday when they take on first-place Hofstra at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on FloFC.
