Box Score
COLUMBUS – Capital University's women's soccer team defeated Heidelberg, 2-0, on Friday afternoon in the second Ohio Athletic Conference of the Crusaders' 2013 regular season.
Following a scoreless first half of play, in which both teams combined for nine shots, the Crusaders opened up the second half with a goal almost right away.
In the 49th minute, freshman Becca Cartmill scored the first goal of the match on an assist from freshman Claire Quinn, coming off a ball that rolled passed the Heidelberg goalkeeper, allowing for Cartmill to net the ball into the top left corner.
Then in the 67th minute, sophomore Jamie Murray placed a textbook cross off to Cartmill, who extended the Crusaders lead following a one touch shot for her second goal of the game.
From that point forward, neither team managed to find the net, as the Crusaders capped off their fourth straight shutout with a 2-0 victory.
In total, the Crusaders tallied 15 shots with nine of them coming on goal, as opposed to five of six shots coming on goal for Heidelberg.
"For teams that want to be championship caliber and want to compete at the levels we hope to compete at, we need a much better effort and focus than we came with this evening," Kouns said.
Leading the way for the Crusaders was Cartmill, scoring her second and third goals of the season, while Quinn and Murray recorded their first and third assists, respectively.
Senior goalkeeper Maggie Donnellan once again locked down the net for the Crusaders, stopping all four shots on goal that she faced.
"On the plus side, there were some great individual performances," Kouns said. "Maggie (Donnellan) came up big for us once again, Becca (Cartmill) obviously had two great goals which required some individual talent, as well as Corey (McClellan) playing well individually defending."
Next match for Capital (9-2-1, 2-0 OAC), is at Wilmington on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m.
"Overall, we have a lot to continue working and improving on if we want to continue to compete for an OAC championship this season," Kouns said.
