Lady Toppers Draw with Charlotte in Final Regular Season Game

Thursday, October 28

Charlotte, NC

6 PM

Western Kentucky University

10-4-1, 5-2-1

Charlotte

7-5-3, 3-2-3

Western Ky.

Charlotte

Lady Toppers Draw with Charlotte in Final Regular Season Game

10/28/2021 9:17:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WKU Soccer concluded the regular season with a 1-1 draw against Charlotte on the road on Thursday night to move to 10-4-1 on the season and 5-2-1 in Conference USA play.

"Charlotte is a very good team with several really dangerous players," said head coach Jason Neidell. "We battled really hard tonight and left everything on the field. I'm really proud of our team. We definitely gained some momentum heading into the conference tournament, and I like our mentatility right now."

With the results from across the East division, WKU has locked up the No. 2 seed in the division and will play on Wednesday in the C-USA tournament in Boca Raton, Florida. The full bracket including who the Lady Toppers will play will be finalized as all results across the league become final.

WKU got on the scoreboard first with a goal in the 27th minute from Lily Rummo. Rummo was able to sneak a shot past the Charlotte goalkeeper that rolled across the goal line to give the sophomore her second goal of the season. Ellie Belcher was credited with the assist, her first of the season.

Charlotte scored the equalizer in the 80th minute off a corner kick.

Alexis Bach made a season high seven saves in the match, including four in the overtime periods. She faced 15 total shots on the night.

The two teams got off to a slow start, combining for three total shots in the first half. The action picked up in the second 45 and overtimes, with teams combining for 17 shots.

WKU's goal in the first ended a scoring drought for the Lady Toppers that stretched back to Brooke Sleeva's golden goal against FIU on Oct. 15.

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