NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion women's soccer team (1-0) defeated East Carolina (0-1) by a 1-0 score on Thursday night at the ODU Soccer Complex in the season opener for both teams.
The Monarchs struck for the match's only goal in the 72 minute, when played a pass into , who drilled the ball from the top of the box into the left side of the Pirates' net.
"I am really pleased to come out of this game with our first win of the season," said ODU head coach . "I thought ECU was very good, athletic, physical and really put us under a lot of pressure throughout the game, which made it difficult at times for us to play our way.