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Women's Soccer Wins Fourth Straight with 4-2 Victory at Midway

10/22/2020 3:32:00 PM

Box Score MIDWAY, Ky. – The Asbury University women's soccer team won their fourth straight game with a 4-2 victory at Midway University in River States Conference play on Thursday afternoon.
 
Asbury improves to 4-3-1 overall, but more importantly, jumps ahead to 3-1-1 in River States Conference league play.
 
 Highlights
*A goal from Rilen Gettings put the Eagles ahead 1-0 in the first 10 minutes of action.
*Jordan Holt provided the assist on the goal, which marks her second assist on the year.
*AU had more shots by a 7-2 margin in the opening half and led 1-0 at the break.
*Midway responded with a goal early in the second half off a cross to tie up the game with under 35 minutes remaining in regulation.
*MU took the lead with another goal scored in the 66th minute to make it a 2-1 lead.
*With 20 minutes remaining, Asbury scored the final three goals of the contest within a span of six minutes.
*Genevieve Hill tied up the match on PK, and then Caroline Absher gave AU a 3-2 lead four minutes later.
*Elizabeth Sparks scored the final goal of the match two minutes later to put the game away for good as she gave the Eagles a 4-2 edge.
 
Key Stats
*The Eagles out-shot Midway 15-11 for the game and posted 11 shots on-goal as a team.
*Absher led the way with a team-high five shots in total, with three landing on goal. Additionally, Absher leads the AU offense with five goals scored now this year.
*Gettings and Hill recorded their second goals for their AU careers, while Sparks scored her third goal of the season.
*Jamie Steele collected five saves in the victory.
 
Next Up
Asbury is back at home on Saturday at 1 PM against IU Kokomo.
 
Saturday's match is Senior Day for Jordan Holt, Paige Miller, Camryn Savage, and Jamie Steele.
 
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