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UNC Pembroke strikes quick, blanks Clayton
State women 3-0
Lakers
fall to 0-11 overall and 0-4 in Peach Belt with defeat
  PEMBROKE,
N.C. - October 4, 2008 – UNC Pembroke struck
quickly on Saturday and pulled away with a 3-0 victory over the
visiting Clayton State Laker women’s soccer team In Peach Belt
Conference action at Varsity Grounds.
The defeat drops Clayton State to 0-11 overall and 0-4 in the Peach
Belt Conference.
UNC Pembroke (9-1-1, 1-1-1 PBC) scored all three of its goals within
the first 24 minutes of the game, including its first in the opening
minutes.
Melanie Cobb gave the Braves a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute with an
unassisted goal after Laker goalkeeper Whitney Jowers went down with
an injury on the play. UNC Pembroke’s next two goals were
practically carbon copies in that both occurred from the right side
of the penalty box.
Faye Corbett gave the Braves a 2-0 lead in the 18 th
minute with a lofting 17-yard shot over the outstretched hands of
Clayton State reserve goalkeeper Chelsea Bettis. Four minutes later,
Nisa Aikens drained a lofty goal from the right side, again just out
of the reach of Bettis.
UNC Pembroke out-shot Clayton State 20-8. Jowers and Bettis combined
for nine saves for the Lakers, while Braves goalkeeper Whitney
Beverly recorded the shutout with four saves.
Clayton State hits the road again next Saturday (Oct. 11) with a 1
p.m. contest at Peach Belt rival North Georgia.
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