The season's biggest and most comfortable crowd watched Clayton
State University take a pair of Peach Belt Conference matches from
GSW on Wednesday afternoon at Hurricane Field. The Lady
Hurricanes were defeated 2-1 as Clayton State converted two headers
for goals; and the men fell 3-0 in the second match during the
second annual "Couch Potato Challenge" promotion.
Clayton State 2, GSW women 1
Clayton State (4-9-1, 3-5-1 PBC) scored off a header
in each half en route to a 2-1 victory over the Lady
Hurricanes on Wednesday afternoon at Hurricane Field.
The Lakers' Jennifer Dreasler scored the only goal of the
first stanza, converting a header at the 27:50 mark off a cross
from Rebekah Cook.
Clayton State extended the lead to two goals in the 70th
minute when Cherie Sayon's header squeezed past GSW goalkeeper
Amber Bahri. Natalia Valentine earned the assist with her cross to
Sayon.
GSW pulled within a goal in the 83rd minute when
Brittney Hill notched her team-leading sixth goal of the season off
a feed from Jennifer Starvetsky.
Neither team was able to get many good looks at the goal as
Clayton State finished with a marginal 4-2 shots on goal advantage.
While the Lakers held a 13-0 corner kick advantage, GSW defended
well in the box. Bahri saved two for the Lady
Hurricanes. Dominique Trappio made one stop for Clayton
State.
The Lady Hurricanes (3-11, 0-8 PBC) travel to USC Aiken
(5-10, 1-7 PBC) on Saturday looking to end a nine-match losing
streak and collect their first conference win of the season.
Live stats will be available on gswcanes.com (in the women's
schedule section).
Clayton State 3, GSW men 0
The Clayton State men's soccer team (10-4-1, 5-1-1
PBC) scored a pair of second half goals to pull away from GSW
in Wednesday's second match.
The Lakers and Hurricanes played a scoreless opening 37 minutes,
but Jonathan Ray broke the tie for Clayton State at the 37:50 mark
when he knocked in a pass from Kyle Timm in front of the goal.
A converted penalty kick in the 51st minute by Matthias Faublas
gave the Lakers a 2-0 lead.
Alargie Jobe scored 18 minutes later for Clayton State as he
took a pass from Timm at the top of the penalty box and pushed a
shot past a GSW's charging goalkeeper David Porley for the final
score of the contest.
Clayton State finished with a 9-1 shots on goal advantage, while
both sides ended with three corner
kicks. Porley saved six for
the Hurricanes. David Cristofoli made one save for
Clayton State.
The Hurricanes (2-13, 0-6 PBC) travel to USC Aiken (4-10-1, 1-6
PBC) on Saturday looking to end a four-match losing skid and
collect their first conference win of the season.
Live stats will be available on gswcanes.com (in the men's
schedule section).