FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. | The Mountain Lions women's soccer team has drastically improved since their first five games of the season, where they started 0-4-1. Since their September 18th loss to Clayton State, YHC has gone 6-1-1, a true testament to the leadership abilities of head coach Avram Allen and assistant coach Michael Ohana. 

In Tuesday (Oct. 22) evening's match against the Emmanuel University Lions, the Mountain Lions took down Emmanuel for the second time this season. A big part of the YHC turnaround has been their offensive production. Through the first five games of the season, Young Harris was averaging under one goal per game; over the past eight games, the Mountain Lions averaged over three goals per game. The final in tonight's game? Young Harris defeated the Lions 2-1. 

QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH AVRAM ALLEN:
"It was down to the wire versus a tough Emmanuel team. I am proud of our team for coming away with the 3 points on the road today. We now prepare for North Greenville." 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: 

• Shania Harris got the scoring underway in tonight's game with a goal in the 13th minute off an assist from Chloe Schmidhuber. 

• Betsy Bu scored Young Harris' second goal of the match just three minutes later, following a pass from Shania Harris. 

• Emmanuel brought the game within one goal early in the second half, with a goal from Reagan Hill. 

• The Mountain Lions played lock down defense for the remainder of the game to earn the 2-1 Conference Carolinas win. 

• Young Harris recorded 10 shots (7 SOG), and Emmanuel had nine shots (5 SOG). 

• Both teams evened out with six fouls committed. 

• Mckenna Peaster played all 90 minutes in goal for YHC, racking up four saves. 

UP NEXT: 

The Mountain Lions return home for a Saturday (Oct. 26) afternoon match against North Greenville University at the YHC Soccer and Lacrosse Field.