Bishop women drop pair of USA South matches over weekend

Rocky Mount, NC - The women’s soccer team of North Carolina Wesleyan dropped a pair of USA South Conference matches at home over the weekend, falling to Greensboro College by a 3-0 score on Saturday before dropping a hard-fought 1-0 contest to Methodist University on Sunday. The two losses leave the Battling Bishops with a 3-8 overall record and 1-3 mark in league play.

On Sunday versus Methodist, the Monarchs got all the offense they would need when senior Whitney Roberson booted home the game’s only score at the 6:14 mark. After a scrum in the box that both teams struggled to control, Roberson was in the right place at the right time to shoot the ball to the left of diving NCWC keeper Tiina Rastiola.

Methodist had several scoring opportunities thwarted by Rastiola over the course of the contest as the freshman goalie made a career-high eight saves on the day.  The Monarchs also had one shot hit off the post in the second half.

Despite getting out-shot 17-5 in the contest, Rastiola’s play kept Wesleyan in the game, and the Bishops narrowly missed tying the game late in the second half when senior Meredith Hester’s second shot of the match was rejected by MU keeper Kasey Nichols.  The Monarchs (8-5-1, 4-1-1 USAC) went on to secure the 1-0 victory and shutout.

On Saturday versus Greensboro, all three of the Pride’s goals were scored in the first half. Tessa Hall got Greensboro on the board at the 8:14 mark on an assist by Mary Reinhardt. Melissa Torzewski made it 2-0 in the 29th minute, and Meredith Kelly rounded out the scoring with a goal from Torzewski just six minutes later.

GC (6-4-1, 4-0-1 USAC) out-shot NCWC 17-7 on the day and held a 5-1 advantage in corners. A trio of Bishop goalies combined for six saves on the day, led by Rastiola’s four stops. Pride keeper Katie Allegro earned the shutout for the visitors.