Young Harris College Athletics

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga| The Mountain Lions began Conference Carolinas play today (Sept. 5th) with the visiting Warriors of Southern Wesleyan University. Young Harris was able to control the match for 90 minutes and start conference play 1-0, defeating SWU 4-0. 

YHC took a 1-0 lead in the first half with Mariah Nwaigwe taking the corner kick from Sophia de Amorim Sousa and putting it in the goal. Faith Niebrugge got the scoring started in the second half, taking the pass from Betsy Bu and converting. In the 82nd minute, Kennedy Blake scored her second goal of the season before Alessandra Brown added another goal in the 86th minute to make the score 4-0. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: 

• YHC attempted 21 shots compared to 7 for SWU. 

• The Mountain Lions had six corner kicks while the Warriors had three. 

• Emily Jantz played all 90 minutes in goal for YH and recorded a clean sheet. 

UP NEXT: The Mountain Lions will return to action Saturday (Sept. 12th) when they host conference opponent King University.