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Gibney's golden goal lifts Women's Soccer over ETSU 1-0

BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Annabelle Gibney's golden goal in the 98th minute gave Campbell a 1-0 Atlantic Sun women's soccer victory over East Tennessee State Thursday night at the Eakes Athletic Complex.

Campbell (8-6, 3-2 A-Sun) could not score in regulation despite a 15-2 edge in shots in the second half. However, the Camels were rewarded with Gibney's second strike of the year 7:42 into the first sudden death extra period.

Ashley Wagner began the winning sequence with a throw-in to Gibney, who then laid the ball off to Wagner. Her service in the box found Tove Nordlander at the top of the six-yard the box. The Swede played the ball first-time to McKenzie Porter, who touched it on to Gibney near the goal line for the winner.

"We have always had great games with ETSU and I have tons of respect for how difficult their teams are to beat. They showed that again today, and their keeper was fantastic," said Campbell head coach Todd Clark. "The goal was the result not only of intense pressure from our attackers, but also a tremendous series of passes in the box. Gibbo certainly deserved the goal. For us to win in such a resounding fashion after only one day of practice due to a team-wide flu scare, was the thing I which I was most proud."

Campbell held an 8-1 advantage in shots on goal in the second half, but was unable to beat ETSU keeper Megan Masch. In the 60th minute, Masch saved Marisa Muller's free kick, then stopped Olga Ekblom on the rebound.

In the 64th minute, Masch made a point-blank save on Gibney in the box. Gibney was set up in the 75th minute when Kaili Terry layed the ball off to her in the box, but Masch dove to her left to tip the ball away; and Terry missed wide on the rebound.

Marisa Muller hit the cross bar on a 25-yard shot in the 87th minute, and the rebound fell to Hanna Salmen in the area, but Masch made two reaction saves, the second on Ekblom inside of six yards. Just a minute later, Ekblom narrowly missed wide on a near post volley.

In the 19th minute, Kirsty Meyer's shot from outside the box sailed through traffic, but was stopped by ETSU keeper Megan Masch. Just two minutes later, Gibney's volley hit the top of the cross bar.

ETSU's best chance of the opening half came on an attack down the right flank, Tori Head's service found Genna Petersen, but her shot from inside 10 yards sailed high over the bar.

In the 31st minute, Porter hit a shot from distance that just missed the left junction of the bar and post.

CU is 7-0 when it scores first in a match this season, and only one victory shy of posting its highest A-Sun wins total since the 2005 club won six en route to the conference final.

Seven of Campbell's eight victories have come by one-goal margins. Campbell returns to action with a 7:00 p.m. kick-off Saturday at USC Upstate.

Campbell finished with a 22-6 advantage in shots, 10-3 in shots on goal. Masch had nine saves in the ETSU (3-10, 2-3) nets, while Jamie Panfil made three stops and recorded her fifth shutout of the year.

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Players Mentioned

Annabelle Gibney

#19 Annabelle Gibney

F
5' 6"
Sophomore
Kirsty Meyer

#7 Kirsty Meyer

MF/D
5' 5"
Redshirt
Marisa Muller

#16 Marisa Muller

MF/D
5' 5"
Sophomore
Jamie Panfil

#00 Jamie Panfil

GK
5' 7"
Sophomore
McKenzie Porter

#14 McKenzie Porter

D
5' 4"
Freshman
Hanna Salmen

#6 Hanna Salmen

MF/F
5' 6"
Junior
Kaili Terry

#5 Kaili Terry

F
5' 9"
Junior
Ashley Wagner

#4 Ashley Wagner

F/MF
5' 4"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Annabelle Gibney

#19 Annabelle Gibney

5' 6"
Sophomore
F
Kirsty Meyer

#7 Kirsty Meyer

5' 5"
Redshirt
MF/D
Marisa Muller

#16 Marisa Muller

5' 5"
Sophomore
MF/D
Jamie Panfil

#00 Jamie Panfil

5' 7"
Sophomore
GK
McKenzie Porter

#14 McKenzie Porter

5' 4"
Freshman
D
Hanna Salmen

#6 Hanna Salmen

5' 6"
Junior
MF/F
Kaili Terry

#5 Kaili Terry

5' 9"
Junior
F
Ashley Wagner

#4 Ashley Wagner

5' 4"
Junior
F/MF