Charlotte Defeats Southern Miss 2-0

Freshmen Shine for the 49ers

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Charlotte defeated Southern Miss, 2-0 in the second match

of the Conference USA Tournament today. The 49ers advance to the semi-final

round where they will face No. 17-ranked Marquette at 5:00 p.m.

Both teams were scoreless in the first half with Southern Miss only taking

two shots versus Charlotte taking seven. In the 48th minute, Freshman

Lindsay Duncan put Charlotte on the board with an eight-yard kick across the

goalmouth from Meredith Mayo. Freshman Tiffany Ross connected on a

five-yard trickle that went past goalkeeper Hope Herron in the 77th minute.

"Our Freshmen stepped up and played a good game for us today," said

Charlotte's head coach Neil Roberts. "The Conference Tournament is a new

season for all of us, Southern Miss deserves a lot of credit, I think we

played a good second half."

Conference USA player of the year, Jill Currie was held scoreless and only

took one shot on goal. "We took Currie out of the game and that was a bright

spot for us", said Southern Miss head coach Matt Clark. "We had some great

opportunities and their goalkeeper made some great saves. Charlotte's

goalkeeper Andrea Kollmorgen ended the match with five saves, while Hope

Herron of Southern Miss finished with seven.

Southern Miss ends its season at 9-8-0 overall and 6-5-0 in C-USA. Charlotte

improves to 12-8-1 overall and 8-2-1 in C-USA. Charlotte will battle

Marquette in the semi-final round at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow at Robert R. Hermann

Stadium. The two teams meet last year in the Championship game where

Marquette prevailed,

2-1 in overtime.

    
                1st     2nd     TOT
CHARLOTTE       0       2       2
SOUTHERN MISS   0       0       0       
CHA - (Lindsay Duncan) Meredith Mayo assist), 48:58
CHA - (Tiffany Ross) Mikel Casey, assist), 77:27
Shots on Goal: Charlotte 9, Southern Miss 5
Goalkeeper Saves: Charlotte 5, Southern Miss 7
Corner Kicks: Charlotte 12, Southern Miss 5
Fouls: Charlotte 15, Southern Miss 7
Attendance: 246

James, a defender from Madison Central High School is the lone