Akeyla Furbert and her University of South Carolina Aiken Women's soccer teammates recorded a 3-2 victory over Young Harris as head coach Hilary George picked up her first career victory.
USC Aiken fell behind in the early going as Young Harris netted the first goal of the match 10:18 into the contest. However, George's team would not stay down for long.
At the 19:52 mark, Hazel Kelley broke through a pair of defenders and blasted a shot past the keeper, knotting the score at 1-1.
From that moment on, USC Aiken pushed forward in the opening period. Jenna Beauregard took a corner kick and Megan Smits hit the crossbar just 21:15 into the match. USC Aiken had a breakaway, but the squad was whistled for being offside.
In the 34th minute of play, Kelley turned in the center of the pitch and played the ball to Hannah Allison, who rocketed home her first goal of the year from 25 yards out for a 2-1 lead. Her shot curled into the upper right of the goal, out of the reach of the keeper. Kelley picked up an assist on the goal.
Allison, fresh off the goal, registered her second goal of the match, which turned out to be the game-winning score, in the 40th minute. Smits dribbled down the right side of the pitch. Once she got near the end-line in the box, she played the ball to the center of the frame and Allison one-timed it into the back of the net for a 3-1 margin. Smits was credited with an assist on the play.
Young Harris bounced back, pulling within one at 3-2 just 1:04 into the second period.
Although the score remained the same for the remainder of the match, the activity level was extremely high.
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