9/14/14 vs. Carnegie Mellon

Yesterday Capital Women's Soccer faced Carnegie Mellon at home at 4:30pm. The first half was a strong battle from both teams in attempt to gain possession and create scoring opportunities. Our defense held strong to keep the Tartans out of our defensive third. Alexis Brand had great saves in the box to keep the game tied at zeros going into the half.

As the second half began the Crusaders came out strong defensively once again and the game faced a physical battle as we kept them from our goal and attempted to attack theirs. Even though we tried to get good looks at goal the Tartan defense also remained strong and was able to stop our shots and our attacking drives. Late in the second half however Carnegie Mellon broke through and landed a shot on goal leaving us down 0-1. With only 9 minutes left in play the Crusaders went on the offensive quickly and made every attempt to tie up the game. Although the effort was there, time ran out leaving the Tartans as the victors in this match.

Even though the game resulted in a loss there was much to learn from playing the #6 team in the nation. The Crusaders made positive strides on the defensive end and realized areas of improvement on the attacking end. This loss will only drive us to continually get better every day and fuel our desire to win as we take the road to Atlanta this coming weekend. We face Agnes Scott this Friday and Emory this coming Sunday. Both are opportunities to be excellent and we will accept the challenges head on!