MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (October 19, 2019) – St. Thomas University's Women's Soccer team (7-3-1, 4-1-1 TSC) edged out Sun Conference opponent, the University of South Carolina – Beaufort Sandsharks (7-6, 3-3 TSC) on Saturday afternoon at Bobcat Field with a final score of 2-1.
 
Bobcat Starters:
GK – Melanie Lefebvre
DEF – Emma Lysell
DEF – Leonie Weide
DEF – Whitney Clark
DEF – Isabella Santiago
MID – Tina Mamadoly
MID – Andrea Manzur Wunsch (C)
MID – Sandy Benito (C)
FWD – Karina Medina
FWD – Katharina Jüllich
FWD – Leslie Celis
 
Game Notes:

• Lefebvre got her eleventh straight start in the net while recording her seventh win on the season.
• Bobcats got off to fast start as Medina put one in the back of the net in the second minute of the game.
• Manzur Wunsch made a short pass from outside the top of the 18' box to put Medina in a position for a right-footed toe touch pass the keeper.
• USCB would get the equalizer in the 33^rd minute from a strike that was deflected off the keeper into the back post.
• A big sliding kick save from Lefebvre kept the game tied going into the half.
• STU's defensive line would play a big part in today's victory, they played a tremendous defense keeping the Sandsharks to one shot in the second half.
• The game winning goal came off the left foot of Benito.
• A cross from Jüllich just outside the six-yard box gave Benito the opportunity to get a quick cut to the inside and slyly put one just between the keeper and the left post, grazing the side net.
• The Bobcats would hold on for the last twenty minutes to solidify the conference victory.

 
SID Note:

• Benito scored her team leading seventh goal, this is the first collegiate season that Benito has accumulated goals.

 
Upcoming:
St. Thomas will travel to Naples, Fla. on Wednesday, October 23^rd to take on the Gyrenes of Ave Maria University in a mid-week Sun Conference match-up. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m.