Oct. 5, 2007
Box Score
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - On a rainy and dreary night, Annie Phillips shined bright as the senior scored twice to propel the Kennesaw State women's soccer team to a 2-0 defeat of rival North Florida on Friday night at Hodges Stadium.
The wet conditions appeared to have no effect on the Savannah, Georgia native as she netted the first of her two tallies in the 12th minute after taking a beautiful pass from Caitlin Dingle and slipping her shot under UNF (3-7-1, 2-1 A-Sun) keeper Rachel Howard to put KSU ahead 1-0.
Phillips scored her eighth goal of the year just 13 minutes later when she was left all alone on a breakaway. After taking a couple touches, she fired another rocket past Howard to help the Owls (8-2, 3-0 A-Sun) remain unbeaten in conference play. She sits tied with Dingle for the team-lead in goals (8) and leads the squad with four game winners.
"This was a very dominant performance from start to finish," said head coach Rob King. "We played very well despite the wet conditions; it was a great effort all around."
The Owls dictated play throughout the match, out-shooting their former Division II and Peach Belt Conference foe, 15-3. KSU also held a 3-2 advantage in corner kicks.
UNF had few scoring chances, the best coming when Jessica Jowers almost scored her second goal of the season off a corner kick in the 37th minute. Luckily for KSU, the ball rattled off the cross bar and flew harmlessly out of bounds.
Owls' keeper Katie Piotrowski was rarely tested on the evening, being forced to make just two saves while recording her fifth shutout of the season. Howard made eight saves in the loss for UNF.
Kennesaw State has won eight straight after opening the season with losses to Mississippi State and Samford and stretches its unbeaten streak in A-Sun regular season matches to 13.
The Owls will be back in action on Sunday afternoon when they travel across town to take on the Jacksonville Dolphins at 2:00 p.m.
