Banner Elk, NC - Playing on Halloween night, the Erskine Women’s Soccer Team lost 2-1 to #1 seed Lees-McRae in the first round of the Conference Carolinas Championship Tournament at Tate Field.

After playing a scoreless first half, Lees-McRae finally tallied the first goal in the 60^th minute.  From the flank, Vickie Rich centered the ball to Brooke Santerre who chipped the ball past the Erskine goalkeeper Katie Lyle (Duluth, GA, Peachtree Ridge High School).  For Santerre, it was her eighth goal of the season.

Just eight minutes later, the Bobcats added what would become the game-winning goal.  Emily Jones received the centering pass from Meagan Thornton at the 18 and blasted the shot over Erskine’s Lyle to put the Bobcats up 2-0.

Late in the game, Erskine surprised Lees-McRae when just their second shot of the game found the back of the net.  Erskine’s Molly Harpe (Anderson, SC, T.L. Hanna High School) took a pass from teammate Sam Abbott (North Augusta, SC, North Augusta High School) and put it in the upper portion of the goal out of the Lees-McRae goalkeeper’s reach to slice the Bobcat lead to one.

The Flying Fleet could not muster another shot in the remaining seven minutes, losing 2-1.

The loss ends Erskine’s season at 6-11 overall and 5-7 in conference.  The Flying Fleet conclude the season on a disappointing 5-game losing skid.

Lees-McRae College advances to the semi-final round on Thursday against #3 seed Limestone.

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