Oct. 14, 2007
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KENNESAW, Ga. - Lipscomb head coach Jon Ireland appeared confident about playing the Owls, who he had mentioned had a "lack of height," after his team lost to Mercer on Friday evening.
Instead of worrying about KSU's perceived lack of stature, it was the play of Caitlin Dingle and the skill set of the Owls that the Bisons should have worried about, as Kennesaw State dominated Lipscomb, 5-0, at the KSU Soccer Complex on Sunday afternoon.
It didn't take long for the first-place Owls (6-0-0 A-Sun, 11-2-0 overall) to deliver a message to Lipscomb as Dingle scored her first goal of the game just 16 seconds into the match, taking a pass from Annie Phillips and ripping a blast from the center of the box past Katie Shelton.
Kennesaw State, who had a starting lineup of 5-foot, 7-inches (slightly taller than Mercer's starting 11 on Friday), ripped off 17 first half shots and wasted no time getting back on the board when Dingle added her second goal of the match in the 10th minute for a 2-0 advantage.
"It was nice to have a game like today," said Kennesaw State head coach Rob King. "To get off to good start and score within the first minute allowed us to relax a bit."
The Owls scored their third goal of the first half in the 25th minute when Phillips took a pass from Beth Meadors, who was positioned near the right side of the box, and slipped in her 11th goal of the season.
While the Kennesaw State offense was pressuring Shelton, Lipscomb's ultra-talented goalkeeper who had 10 saves in the match, the KSU defense was clamping down on the Bisons. Lipscomb managed only one shot on goal in the match, a shot by Leisli Lopez in the first half, and was out shot 34-1 in the match.
"Our offense played well, we had a great many chances to score in the match," added King. "It also afforded us a chance to get players in the game and rest some of our starters."
In the 54th minute, Sara Clapham would score in her second consecutive match off a pass from Sarah Marek for a 4-0 lead. Dingle would end the scoring barrage in the 70th minute
when she took a Marek pass and touched it past Shelton for her first career hat trick as the Owls put to rest their 11th consecutive victory.
Freshman goalkeeper Jamie Moroney made her first appearance of the season, playing the entire second half, as fellow frosh Katie Piotrowksi played the first half and raised her scoreless streak to 417:39 minutes. The Owls defense posted their fifth straight shutout and their eighth of the season.
The Owls will be back in action on Friday evening as they head out on the road to battle former Peach Belt Conference foe and newest A-Sun member USC Upstate, at 7:00 p.m. in Spartanburg, S.C.
