Soccer Goes 2-1 At Orange Beach To Close Out Spring Exhibition Season

[AUSportTalk 4]

The Auburn soccer team closed out its spring

exhibition season with a pair of wins, defeating Columbus State and

South Alabama by identical 3-0 scores in 45-minute matches on Sunday.

The team also fell to LSU, 2-1, on Saturday in a full 90-minute

exhibition match to finish its spring exhibition season, 4-2-0.

Katy Frierson collected a pair of assists in the win over Columbus

State on Sunday, serving a corner kick to Julie King in the 22nd minute

and then hitting Stephanie Fransoso in the 36th minute. In between it

was Chelsea Yauch finishing after Columbus State was unable to clear a

corner kick.

Rebecca Howell picked up a goal and an assist in the win over South

Alabama, feeding Lizzie Hamersly for a header off of a corner for the

first goal of the match and then taking a pass from Caitlin King at the

top of the 18 to put Auburn up, 2-0. Frierson then connected with

Caitlin King for the day’s final score, playing the ball in behind a

1v1 for the finish.

LSU took a 2-0 lead in the first half before Auburn scored in the 72nd

minute as Ashley Marks threaded the needle to the near post for

Auburn’s only goal in the match.

Auburn will be in search of a fourth straight (and eighth overall) NCAA

Tournament appearance when it regroups in August for the 2009 season.

Last season the team posted a 12-9-2 mark, advancing to the Second Round

of the NCAA Tournament after going 7-3-1 in SEC play and winning a share

of its’ sixth SEC West Division Title.