11/9/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Welcome to the Vert Track and Soccer Complex on the campus of High Point University for today's Big South Women's Soccer Championship between Coastal Carolina, the top seed, and second-seeded Radford. There are plenty of ways to follow the action of today's game. You can view today's live stats by clicking on the following link. You also can watch the game via video streaming on THE EDGE by clicking on the following link. If you have any questions that I can answer during the game, please email me at
Final score, Radford 2, Coastal Carolina 1. Thanks for participating in today's live blog. Stats and story to follow.
Chants mounting one last shot but Radford has possession under two minutes left.
Radford now has the ball on their side of the field with three minutes left.
The Chants have had a flurry of offense in the last 20 minutes, but still need an equalizer with five minutes left.
Haggard made a great stop on Latrice Lee's shot with 10 minutes left.
That was Gunning's 11th goal of the season and 36th at Coastal Carolina. Teijelo has her eighth career assist. Tupy just misses on a shot wide right with 14:30 left.
Ashleigh Gunning scores off a header from Samantha Teijelo on a corner kick. It's now 2-1 Radford with 16:30 left.
Monroe has two good looks, but her first shot was blocked and her second was high.
Tupy has a great look at goal, but Lubke makes a sprawling save for a corner kick. Heather Haupt then has a good look at goal, but her shot was high. Still 2-0 with 26:30 left.
A free kick from Gunning goes just high with 31 minutes left.
After a Chant corner, Tori Strengari checks in for Teijelo.
A scary moment for the Chants as Radford had three good looks to score, but Coastal Carolina's defense held them in check as there are 37 minutes remaining.
The Chants earn their first corner kick of the game with 42 minutes left, but head the ball for a Radford goal kick.
Coastal Carolina will go with their 10 field player starters to begin the second half, but will go with Amy Haggard in goal.
Checking the halftime stats, Coastal Carolina outshot Radford 5-2, with Radford getting both corner kicks. Lubke has two saves in the first half.
It's halftime with Radford up 2-0.
Marissa Terry will make her first appearance of the game as well as Leigh Krzyzanowski. They come in for Haupt and Hellberg.
Radford has been more attack-oriented in the last 10 minutes.
Colleen Schohl comes in for Tupy while Dana Gentile will come in for Monroe.
Heather Haupt found open space in front of the goal, but was not able to get a shot off.
Radford gets on the board again on a Latrice Lee goal with 13:53 left. Her shot beat Pavlick to the left corner of the goal. It's now 2-0 Radford.
The Chanticleers have controlled most of the possession in the first half, but the Tupy header has been its best look so far. 18 minutes left in the 1st half.
Coastal Carolina seems to have moved Sara Niles into the backfield and moved Maegen Hellberg to stopper. It was a plan that Naraine had before the game.
Radford definitely has the more vocal crowd, as you can hear cheers from the Highlander fans after ever positive result for RU.
The goal was the first allowed by the Chants in a Big South Tournament game since 2006. It also has been 497:24 since the Chants gave up a goal in a tournament game.
Anna Tupy has a good look on a header off a free kick, but it was saved by Lubke.
A handball in the box on a Radford corner kick gives the Highlanders a penalty kick. Laura Culver scores on the PK, giving Radford a 1-0 lead.
A foul on Gunning gives Coastal Carolina another good chance on a free kick, but the shot was blocked.
Coastal Carolina has the first good look of the game as Ashleigh Gunning shot from 20 yards out goes high.
Coastal Carolina will go from right to left (away from the sun) as the game begins.
We're moments away from kickoff.
We're close to announcing the lineups. One of the nice touches that High Point has done is put up headshots of each player as they are being introduced on the scoreboard.
Radford also will start three forwards, including All-Freshman selection Ashley Johnson.
Goalkeeper - 0 Lubke
4 Roan, 7 Boyer, 12 Vergara, 15 Heins, 16 O'Donnell, 17 Culver, 20 Dugger, 21 Cozza, 22 Lee, 24 Johnson
Radford now enters the field as the clock hits 41 minutes left before the start of the game. Brian Stanley of Radford Media Relations said that the Highlanders have the fewest losses of anyone in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A big part of that is goalkeeper LIsa Lubke, who was an All-Big South first team selection and has a GAA under one. Of course, Coastal Carolina handed Radford its only loss of the season Oct. 11 in Radford, Va., on an Emily McColl goal in the first half.
Blair Monroe received a scare in the first half of Coastal Carolina's semifinal with High Point after a first-half collision with the goalkeeper, but she was cleared to play in today's game and is in the starting lineup for the Chants. This start is also historic as the Little River, S.C., native makes her 75th career start for Coastal Carolina. She now passes Jennifer Tafel and Marissa Kovacs for most starts in a Chanticleer uniform.
The Chanticleers are on the field warming up as the sun hides behind the clouds. Despite the home team not being in the tournament, it should still be a good crowd today, as these two teams had the biggest and most vocal crowds during the first two days. There are plenty of parents of our players here this weekend as they have been all season long.
It is about 75 minutes before kickoff in High Point. It is sunny here in High Point, but the wind has kicked up in the past hour. This is probably the chilliest of the three days and it could be in the 50's before the end of the game. Coastal Carolina will start in 3-4-3 formation and use the same starting lineup as it did in the semifinal against High Point.
Goalkeeper - 0 Pavlick
Defenders - 10 Hellberg, 12 Terry, 29 McPartlan
Midfielders - 9 Niles, 2 Tupy, 15 McColl, 33 Teijelo
Forwards - 26 Haupt, 7 Gunning, 5 Monroe
