By Matt Present. DAVIDSON, N.C. — In the first meeting since Feb. 2021 between two teams separated by less than 100 miles, App State dropped a road match to Davidson by a 4-1 final on Sunday at Alumni Stadium.
Sophomore midfielder Olivia Simon scored the Mountaineers’ (2-3-2) lone goal of the match. Trailing 1-0 in the 13th minute, App State put the clamps on the Davidson (4-1-1) defense with Izzi Wood poking the ball away from the Wildcats center back. Simon pounced on the loose ball and buried a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net for her second goal of the season, tying the score at one apiece.
With the score still tied at 1-1 in the second half, the Wildcats jumped back in front. Davidson scored three unanswered goals to finish the match, helped by two assists from Savannah Pruitt. Maddie Moody scored the game-winning goal in the 54th minute, completing a brace, after opening the scoring with a seventh minute tally.
Despite coming up short on the scoreboard, the Mountaineers out-shot the Wildcats 11-10 for the match, including a 6-4 advantage in shots on target. Davidson recorded all five saves in the match and earned nine corner kicks on the afternoon.
The Mountaineers return to action on Sept. 12 in Ft. Myers, Fla., where they will take on Florida Gulf Coast at 7 p.m. to round out non-conference play.
