Box Score After a long night in Hickory, North Carolina that included a lightning delay as well as a power outage, the North Greenville Crusaders and the 11th ranked Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne University ended in a 1-1 draw. The Bears dominated in total shots 33-9 but the Crusader defense held strong including six saves by goalkeeper Lizzy Luzzi. 

Results

• Score: NGU 1 / L-R 1
• Location: Bears Field / Hickory, NC
• Records: NGU 0-1-2 / L-R 1-0-1

Recap

• After Lenoir-Rhyne recorded the first shot of the match, Megan Biehl posted NGU's first shot soon after, which was saved. However, nearly thirty minutes would go by without a shot by North Greenville until Faith Knoedler put an end to the dry spell. The Bears dominated the half in total shots, but the two teams would remain in a scoreless tie at halftime.
• Lenoir-Rhyne would come out of halftime as the aggressors, putting up the first three shots. Megan Biehl would once again be the first to get a shot off for the Crusaders. In the 54th minute, the Bears were able to get on the scoreboard to take a 1-0 lead. North Greenville was able to respond nearly eighteen minutes later when Megan Biehl found the back of the net with an assist by Kayla Cruse. Immediately afterwards, a lightning delay would stop the game for nearly an hour. When play resumed, the two teams put up several shots but regulation would eventually expire with the score still tied.
• A foul very early in the first overtime period would result in a free kick just outside the box. Kayla Cruse would take the free kick and what looked to be a game-winning shot was kept out of the goal with a diving save by Grayson Cameron. Lenoir-Rhyne would get several shots off of corner kicks but also came up empty. Time would run out to force a second overtime period.
• Shots were limited in the second overtime period as both teams were visibly exhausted after a long match. Immediately after a corner kick by Lenoir-Rhyne, the lights would go out at Bears Field causing yet another short delay. After an opportunity by the Bears, the Crusader defense held up, preserving the draw.

Individual

• Megan Biehl scored her first goal of the season and recorded three shots, all of them on goal.
• Emma Shearer posted three shots with one on goal.
• Lizzy Luzzi saved six shots at goalkeeper.

Upcoming

• NGU will begin conference play against the Chowan University Hawks in Murfreesboro, North Carolina on Saturday, September 11th.