Box Score AIKEN, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken women's soccer team opened its 2012 regular season with a 0-0 double overtime tie with Newberry on Thursday evening at the "Pacer Pit."
USC Aiken (0-0-1) dominated the game in every statistical category. The Pacers finished with a healthy 23-6 shot advantage, including a 16-1 shot advantage in the second half.
The Pacers owned a 13-5 advantage in corner kick opportunities.
In her first game in a Pacer uniform, freshman Megan Smits (Manassas, Va./Stonewall Jackson HS) led the Pacers with six shots.
Smits had the best opportunity in the game, but her 25-yard shot just missed finding the back of the net as it hit the crossbar in the 88th-minute.
USC Aiken goalkeeper Alli Edens (Lexington, S.C./College of Charleston) logged all 110 minutes between the pipes in the contest. The junior saved three Newberry (0-0-1) shots.
Morgan Cox played all 110 minutes in goal for Newberry in the game, saving 10 Pacer shots.
USC Aiken will next hit the road for the first time in 2012 for its first-ever meeting with NCAA Division I foe VMI of the Big South Conference. The Pacers and Keydets are scheduled to kick things off in Lexington, Va. at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1.
