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Women's Soccer Travels to South Carolina State Monday Night

BUIES CREEK, N.C.-Coming off a dramatic, 3-2 come-from-behind win over Coastal Carolina Wednesday, the Campbell women's soccer team hits the road Monday to face South Carolina State in a 7 p.m. kick-off at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.

The match will be the first of a stretch of three away games in six days, with the Camels also traveling to Radford on Thursday and VMI on Saturday.

Campbell (2-2-1) fell behind 2-0 to Coastal on Wednesday, but forced overtime after Caitlin Schneider's first-career goal in the 71stth-minute equalizer. Senior Kaili Terry's direct free kick from just outside the box 3:55 into overtime sealed a 3-2 victory for the Camels. minute and Olga Ekblom's 87

Terry assisted on the first two CU goals and registered the first four-point game of her career. For the second-straight game, Ekblom scored a Campbell equalizer late in regulation-she scored with just 25 seconds remaining in Monday's tilt with UMBC.

Terry leads the Atlantic Sun with seven points (two goals, three assists) this year. The Carrollton, Texas, native has started all five games as a central defender for the Camels, and has played all 474 minutes this season.

Panfil made seven saves against Coastal and was named A-Sun defensive player of the week Monday after recording her seventh career shutout against High Point on Aug. 23.

South Carolina State (2-1-1) enters Monday's contest with wins against Navy and Southern Virginia to its credit. Olivia Moore and Briana Lopez scored two goals in the victory over Southern Virginia, and sophomore Stephanie Searle scored a goal and tallied three assists.

Lopez leads third-year head coach Glad Bugariu's side with eight points (3G, 2A) on the season. SCSU is following a 2009 campaign that was the program's most successful ever, as the Lady Bulldogs compiled a 10-7-3 overall record.

Campbell won the teams' only prior meeting 2-0 in 2009 on the strength of Kirsty Meyer and Marisa Muller goals.

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