Women’s Soccer Defeats UConn on Senior Day

Sunday, October 8

Memphis, Tenn.

1:00 PM

University of Memphis

3-2-19-5-1; AAC

UConn

2-24-6-3; AAC

UConn

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Oct 08, 2017 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Head coach Brooks Monaghan wins 100th conference match

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis women's soccer team came away victorious on Senior Day Sunday afternoon with a 3-2 win over UConn at the Billy J. Murphy Soccer Complex. The victory improves the Tigers to 9-5-1 overall and 3-2-1 in American Athletic Conference play.

The win Sunday afternoon marked head coach Brooks Monaghan's 100^th conference win in his 18 seasons of leading the Memphis program.

"This match was a grind," said Monaghan. "There are no easy matches in this conference. It was a Sunday game, it was hot and we knew it was going to be a grind. I'm proud of the kids for playing it out."

Memphis scored a pair of goals early in the match. Catherine Levasseur capitalized first on a ball played in by Serena Dolan and Mikayla Morton. Dolan then scored her first goal this season on a ball played by Marie Levasseur and Morton.

With a 2-0 lead at halftime, Memphis quickly came out and responded again with a goal by Elizabeth Woerner in the 48^th minute of the match. Woerner was assisted by Morton and finished the play by beating out the UConn keeper.

The Huskies had an answer less than 20 seconds later to cut the Memphis lead to two. With less than 20 minutes remaining in the match, UConn scored its second goal of the half. The Memphis defense held strong for the remainder of the match en route to victory.

Freshman goalkeeper Elizabeth Moberg finished with eight saves. Morton ended with three points as she assisted all three goals and Woerner's goal was her team-leading 10^th this season.

Prior to the match, Memphis recognized its five seniors in Necee Jennings, Sydney Kingston, Lauren Sobral, Alyxandria Stafford, and Sessen Stevens.

Memphis continues play next week on the road at East Carolina and Cincinnati. For more information on the Memphis women's soccer team, follow the Tigers on Facebook at /MemphisWSoccer and on Twitter and Instagram at @MemphisWSoccer.