CLARKSVILLE - Austin Peay State University
women's soccer team used a quick first-half spurt to take a 8-0 exhibition win
against Freed-Hardeman, Friday night at Morgan Brothers Soccer Field.
Strong passing inside combined with a few
well-placed serves from the midfield led to five first-half goals. The Lady
Govs scored three more in the second half, including one off a corner kick.
If the first half was any indication, the
Lady Govs should be expected to outperform even their own expectations. With
two freshmen - Andy Quiceno and Emily Kink - flanking senior Monique Wong,
Austin Peay was fluid moving the ball inside the box.
"It was a great opportunity to get our freshman
some playing time out there," head coach Kelley Guth said. "I'm very excited
that we scored some goals and I was happy with the way we possessed the ball.
It was a great confidence builder for our team. We have to think about VMI now
and get ready for that one."
The game's first goal came from a corner kick
by freshman Corey Osborne, which was picked up by senior Samantha Northrup, in
the fourth minute. That goal set the tone for a dribbling score by freshman
Joceline Quiceno - her first of two goals in the game.
Sophomore Jazzmine Chandler scored in the 10th
minute on a shot from 20 yards inside midfield that went off the top post and
past the keeper. Redshirt sophomore Jocelyn Murdoch scored in the 31st
minute on a feed from Joceline Quiceno. Freshman Emily Kink, who managed a
team-high eight shots, scored the final first-half goal in the 34th
minute.
"Freed-Hardeman was good competition for us,"
Guth said. "They battled hard and you could see that in the way the second half
started."
The second half was quiet until the 81st
minute when senior Michelle Johnson hustled a free kick into the back of the
net. Joceline Quiceno punched in her second goal in the 84th minute
and sophomore Laurena Robinson made a spectacular header off a corner kick in
the 88th minute to set the final margin.
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