With the day's results around the Southern Conference, Western Carolina (9-7-3, 5-3-2 SoCon) will be the fifth seed and play at fourth-seed College of Charleston on Tuesday, which is tentatively set for 7:00 p.m. Elon (6-10-2, 3-5-2 SoCon) will be the eighth-seed and face regular-season champion UNC Greensboro Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. The semifinal and final rounds of the 2006 SoCon Women's Soccer Championship will be played this Friday and Sunday, respectively, at the Catamount Athletic Complex.
The rest of the SoCon Tournament field includes second-seed Davidson hosting seventh-seed Georgia Southern, while third-seed Furman will host sixth-seed Appalachian State.
Western took early control of Sunday's match with the Phoenix and dominated play on their half of the pitch throughout the period. The Cats took 12 of their 23 shots in the period with Elon keeper Lizz Johnson getting four saves. Johnson would finish the game with 10 stops.
The second half was similar to the first. However, on Elon's first corner kick of the frame, Katie Persichini sent a ball into the box, which Susannah Gianakos headed toward the Catamount goal. Western's senior keeper Alesha Row was able to get her hand on the ball and turned away Elon's lone scoring opportunity of the day.
That would end up being Row's only save on the afternoon. She was credited with her 19th career shutout, which gives her sole possession of the Western career record in the category surpassing Mandi Tinsley (1999-02).
In overtime, Western held a 5-0 advantage in shots, while having five corner kick opportunities as well in the two, 10-minute overtime periods.
Leading the way for Western was junior Heather Dittmer, who took seven shots, including three on goal. Freshman Nikki Collins also had four shots, three of which were on goal for the Cats.
Elon's Jaclyn Immordino led the Phoenix with two shots on the day.
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