SPARTANBURG, S.C. | The No. 19 University of North Georgia women's soccer team continued their winning ways Sunday evening with a 3-0 road victory at Converse. The Nighthawks move to 2-0 on the season while the Valkyries drop to 0-2.
North Georgia scored all three of its goals in the first half of play with
Jacy Ramey starting the frenzy in the 14th minute. Ramy scored with a tap-in off a saved shot by
Jessica Allen.
Mollie Arrendale scored her third goal of the season in the 25th minute on a through ball from
Rachel VanHorn. UNG scored again in the 40th minute as
Michaela Sundstrom picked up her first career goal as a Nighthawk with the assist coming from Ramey to give North Georgia the 3-0 lead that it would never relinquish.
NOTES- Freshman midfielder
Michaela Sundstrom became the first international player to score a goal for UNG in the NCAA era (2005-present).
- UNG has now recorded back-to-back shutouts. The Nighthawks accomplished that feat on two separate occasions last season. The last time North Georgia recorded three consecutive shutouts was Sept. 10-20 in 2011 against USC Aiken, UNC Pembroke and Belmont Abbey.
- The shutout is the 19th in
Mallory Sayre's career, extending her school record.
STAT OF THE NIGHT24 – The Nighthawks had 24 players partake in tonight's game displaying the depth of
Chris Adams' 2015 roster.
NEXT UPNorth Georgia will wrap up the Labor Day weekend road trip with a Tuesday afternoon game at Lees-McRae. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.
