Short-handed WSOC battles

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – The Lincoln University women's soccer team put together one of its best performances of the year, but the Lions fell to the College of Staten Island Wednesday, 2-0, in East Coast Conference action at the Dolphin Soccer Park, Staten Island, N.Y.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • The two teams fought to a scoreless draw for the first 33 minutes.
  • Lincoln went down a player in the 29th minute as a defender picked up her second yellow card.
  • CSI tallied both of their goals in the moments following as the Dolphins scoring in the 34th and 40th minutes.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • CSI finished with a 19-0 shot advantage with 13 of the 18 shots being on goal.
  • Freshman Saige Samuels (Laurel, Md. /Paint Branch) finished with 11 saves.
  • Lincoln was given four yellow cards and a red card.

WHAT'S NEXT

  • Lincoln (0-6 overall, 0-3 ECC) returns home for its next to last home game of the season, hosting Queen College 2 p.m. Saturday at the LU Auxiliary Field.

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Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a rigorous liberal arts education to a diverse student body of approximately 2,200 men and women in more than 35 undergraduate and graduate programs.