Box Score AIKEN, S.C. – Jenny Pineiro
scored two goals, but the University of South Carolina Aiken
women's soccer team was unable to withstand a goal by Flagler in
the final seconds of the match in a 3-2 loss to the Saints on
Saturday at the "Pacer Pit."
All five goals in the match came in the second half as Flagler
(7-7, 3-4 PBC) and USC Aiken (4-8, 1-5 PBC) entered intermission
with the score knotted at 0-0.
The first three goals in the match came furiously over a
three-minute stretch early in the second stanza.
Rafaela Faria scored the first goal of the match for Flagler in
the 53rd-minute when she was able to opportunistically
kick a loose ball into the Pacer goal.
The 1-0 lead for Flagler would not even last a minute as the
Pacers scored at the 55:03 mark on a Pineiro penalty kick that was
blasted into the right corner of the Flagler net.
Faria was also involved in Flagler's next goal when she assisted
Loren Cate to give the Saints a 2-1 lead in the
56th-minute.
The Pacers would even the match at 2-2 in the
75th-minute when Pineiro (Charleston, S.C./Fort
Dorchester) was able to take advantage of a breakaway by chipping
the ball over Flagler netminder Cristina Coca.
The two teams looked to be headed to overtime, but with just
five seconds remaining Flagler's Katie Kaufmann was able to score
off a Taylor Adkins cross.
Flagler owned a 22-9 shot advantage in the match. The Saints
took four more corner kicks (6-2) than the Pacers in the
match.
USC Aiken will next travel to Greenwood, S.C. for a Peach Belt
Conference match against Lander on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Kickoff is
scheduled for 4:30 p.m.