Emory, VA - On Wednesday night in the western part of the State, the Regent University Women's Soccer team forced Emory & Henry to change their game plan as the Royals quickly surprised the NCAA DII program. The Wasps started most the their bench players to begin the game, but they were forced to bring in their regular starters when Regent's offense began to dominant the game. Despite the 6-2 loss, the Royals proved that they could go toe-to-toe with a high level program and showed why they have already qualified for the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Torunament.
Freshman Victoria Hoffmann (Lewisville, TX) opened the scoring in the fourth minute, finishing a pass from fellow Freshman Lauren Pond (Midlothian, VA) to give Regent the early lead, 1-0. On the livestream, the Emory & Henry commentator called it the best goal he has ever seen on the Wasps' field. Just 100 seconds later, Pond added a goal of her own in the sixth minute, extending the Royals' advantage to 2-0, silencing the home crowd in attendance. Those two goals moved Pond and Hoffman into third and fourth respectively in scoring in the Conference standings.
In goal, Senior Kristen Miller (Peoria, AZ), showed while she is one of top save leaders in the C2C as she recorded 13 saves while facing 39 shots from the Wasps. Defensively, she had help from her back line, which saw Junior Serenity Cortez (Fresno, CA), Freshman Finley Hunter (Virginia Beach, VA) and Freshman Audrey Bailey (Powhatan, VA) turn away a number of Emory & Henry opportunities and fight off nine corner kicks.
Regent will be back in action on Sunday, October 26th when they travel to the Peninsula to face Christopher Newport University. Kick-off is scheduled for 6:00pm.
