North Georgia women's soccer set for NCAA tourney contest this afternoon

HICKORY, N.C. -- The No. 14 University of North Georgia women's soccer team kicks off its run in the 2014 NCAA Division II Tournament on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. against Belmont Abbey. The game is being held at Lenoir-Rhyne's Moretz Sports Athletic Complex in Hickory, N.C.<br /> <br /> The NCAA Tournament appearance is the third in the past for years for head coach Chris Adams' team. The Nighthawks advanced to the second round in both 2011 and 2012. <br /> <br /> LRU is the regional host as the second seed and will face the winner of Friday's match on Sunday afternoon.<br /> <br /> The meeting will be the second of the season with BAC with the Nighthawks taking a 2-0 decision over the Crusaders on September 20 on BAC's home field. The meeting is the sixth between the two schools with North Georgia winning four of the five previous encounters.<br /> <br /> University of North Georgia women's soccer team netted two goals in the final 13 minutes to earn a 2-0 victory over Belmont Abbey (1-3-2) at Alumni Field Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Nighthawks improve to 6-1-0 on the season.<br /> <br /> The game remained scoreless until the 77:54 mark when Mollie Arrendale gave the Nighthawks the lead with an unassisted marker from the left side of the box.<br /> <br /> Freshman forward Rachel Van Horn sealed the match 12 minutes later on a close range goal from the middle of the box after Sophia Matonak's attempt hit the right post.<br /> <br /> North Georgia outshot the Abbey 19-5 and it held an 8-4 edge in corner kicks.<br /> <br /> The Crusaders are playing in the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time as they gained the Conference Carolinas automatic berth with a 1-0 win over Pfeiffer. This is the second straight year the Crusaders will travel to Hickory for the NCAA Tournament.<br /> <br /> UNG, ranked No. 14 in the most recent NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division II poll, earned an at-large bid following a 16-win season that included a run to the 2014 Peach Belt Conference Tournament Championship game.

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