The Piedmont women’s soccer team was unable to find a goal in a pair of losses on Monday afternoon and evening in Danville, Kentucky.
After falling to No. 10 Washington Univ. (St. Louis) by an 8-0 margin in an afternoon neutral site contest, Piedmont fell to Centre 3-0 in the evening.
Game 1: No. 10 WashU 8, Piedmont 0
Playing its second consecutive game against a nationally-ranked opponent, the Lady Lions surrendered four goals in a 10-minute span in the first half and were unable to recover from the offensive onslaught.
WashU went on to add four more goals in the second half and tallied 38 shots. Madeline Allburn scored WashU’s first two goals, while the next five goals were all scored by a different player.
Haylee Dornan made seven saves in goal for the Lady Lions in 75 minutes of action.
Game 2: Centre 3, Piedmont 0
In the finale of the four-game road trip to start the season, the Lions hung tough through most of the first half, but the Colonels’ Lilly Zehnder broke through in the 32nd minute and then scored again just over seven minutes later to extend the lead to 2-0 going into the break.
Out of halftime, Centre’s Bella Nelson put away the third and final goal of the contest to make it 3-0 Colonels.
Piedmont tallied six total shots for the game, led by two from Dornan, who shifted to the field for game two. Sophomore Maggie Leger earned the start in goal for Piedmont and made five saves.
