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Second Annual Clash of the Carolina
Sponsored by Columbia United FC
Hosted by the Soccer Coaches Association of N.C. and S.C.
Blackbaud Stadium @ Daniel Island, South Carolina

GIRLS MATCH @ 3:00 PM

2:30 pm

It is a sunny and beautiful day at Blackbaud Stadium. The current temperature is 82 degrees and it actually feels like 86 degrees as the humidity is 68% and the wind is blowing in from the East/Northeast at 13 miles per hour. The UV Index is at 8 according to Weather.com.

The South Carolina squad, coached by Troy Bennage of Academic Magnet and Steve Lea of Spring Valley, will be wearing an adidas kit of red jerseys, white shorts, and white socks with a tri-stripe of red just below the knee.

The North Carolina team, coached by Gary Holiett of Charlotte Catholic and Kevin Todd of Apex, is donning an all black adidas strip with white stripes on the shorts and solid colored socks.

Pre-match warmups are underway after the players and coaches enjoyed a day of bonding yesterday that culminated with a boys banquet and girls banquet at Blackbaud's Stadium's famed Three Lions Pub.

* Starters

Tar Heels
0 Elizabeth Hannah, Weddington
*1 Kim Kern, Leesville Road
*2 Kelly Adams, Porter Ridge
*3 Kim Currie, Lumberton
*4 Nicole Danford, Green Hope
5 MacKenzie Davis, T.C. Roberson
*6 Meghan Glmore, T.C. Roberson
*7 Casey Kilburn, Broughton
8 Casey McCormick, Charlotte Catholic
*9 Taylor Norman, Reagan
*10 Stephanie Partenheimer, Apex
*11 Rachel Patton, Providence
12 Joy Pittman, Ardrey Kell
13 Sydney Reed, Apex
14 Paige Dugal, Garner
*15 Allyson Shiveler, Leesville Road
*16 Corrine Smith, Grimsley
17 Lena Suarez, Hopewell
18 Latanya Cain, Pinecrest

Sandlappers
0 Kendall Maxwell, T.L. Hanna
*1 Jamie Shaw, Spring Valley
*2 Kira Campbell, Lexington
*3 Latoya Dixon, Governor's School
*4 Jamie Templer, Riverside
*5 Emily Farrier, Academic Magnet
*6 Hannah Gmerek, Wren
*7 Shawn Haviland, Wando
*8 Sandi Hudson, Wando
9 Sarah Jacobs, Riverside
10 Caitlin Robinson, T.L. Hanna
11 Alley Russell, Spartanburg
*12 Ellison Sharpe, Dreher
13 Courtney Shumpert, Airport
14 Heather Shumpert, Airport
15 Marissa Terry, James Island
*16 Ally Truitt, J.L. Mann
*17 Alix Zongrone, Dorman

Officials
Referee - Bob Wern
Assistant Referee - Bob Miracle
Assistant Referee - Melin Penchev

The goalkeepers all have long sleeve black jerseys with red piping. All numbers on the back of the jerseys are solid white, which should make tracking these players easy on the eyes today. The Columbia United FC logo is recognizable on the front of the jerseys as the teams are being introduced via the international walk-out in recognition of the players, coaches, and officials.

The first shot of the match happens at the 5:30 mark as Wando's Sandi Hudson heads a nice cross from Dreher's Ellison Sharpe and the ball is saved by Leesville Road's Kim Kern. The opening five minutes have seen the Sandlappers control the tempo and possession in North Carolina's third of the pitch.

CAPTAINS
NC - Nicole Danford, Meghan Gilmore
SC - Hannah Gmerek, Jamie Shaw

Each team has a corner kick in the opening 10 minutes of play as the Sandlappers attack the goal towards I-526 and the scoreboard end of Blackbaud Stadium while the Tar Heels are heading towards the east end of this magnificent socce only facility.

1/4 of an hour played and the match is still scoreless as each team has tallied one shot on goal.

T.L. Hanna's Caitlin Robinson opens the scoring as she slots home a beautiful through ball from Dreher's Ellison Sharpe past Leesville Road goalkeeper Kim Kern to give South Carolina a 1-0 lead at the 23:58 mark. Sharpe was able to penetrate the middle of the park and once she was able to slip the ball past the last defender, Robinson one-timed her shot past a charging Kern.

GOAL! Less than one minute remaining in the first half and the Sandlappers stretch the advantage to 2-0 as Academic Magnet's Emily Farrier connects on a double-assist from Sharpe and Robinson. A perfect combination play and very impressive for a squad that has only trained for about one hour together -- Friday's afternoon session was ended after five minutes due to rain and lightning.

Halftime: SC 2-0 NC.
Goals: (SC) Caitlin Robinson, 24'; Emily Farrier, 44'.
Assists: (SC) Ellison Sharpe 2; Robinson.
Shots: SC 4-4 NC.
Saves: (SC) Kendall Maxwell 1, Jamie Shaw 1; (NC) Kim Kern 2.
Corner Kicks: SC 2-2 NC.
Offsides: SC 2-1 NC.
Fouls: SC 2-1 NC.

South Carolina stretches its lead to 3-0 as Robinson hits a bomb from 24 yards away at the 55' mark after Wando's Shawn Haviland sets her up with a nice header in the middle of the field. Top drawer stuff from the Sandlappers, which had been outplayed in the opening minutes of the second half.