HARROGATE, Tenn. – The Lincoln Memorial University women's soccer team earned a hard-fought point in South Atlantic Conference action Wednesday afternoon against rivals Carson-Newman, drawing 1-1.
 
110 minutes of action still couldn't separate the in-state rivals Wednesday afternoon, as decorated senior Jessica Cravero put the Lady Railsplitters up early, before the Eagles equalized proceedings with just six minutes remaining in the second half.
 
LMU was all over the Eagles early on at the LMU Lacrosse Complex, as freshman midfielder Mimi Neijens dispossessed an Eagles defender in the final third of the field, and proceeded to pick out senior Rachel Taylor on the left wing. Taylor found herself one-on-one with Carson-Newman's keeper, and unselfishly slotted a pass to Cravero, who tapped the ball into the empty net for her seventh finish of the campaign.
 
Freshman goalie Bente Latenstein was key for the Lady Railsplitters down the stretch vs. Carson-Newman, making a very clutch one-on-one save in the first half to maintain LMU's advantage in the contest.
 
The Lady Railsplitters and the Eagles battled scoreless for much of the second half, until Carson-Newman found a late equalizer off a bouncing ball in the LMU six-yard-box.
 
The Eagles nearly found a winner at the end of the first extra time period of play, just touching the ball past the keeper two seconds after the whistle, keeping the Lady Railsplitters alive. The contest eventually ended 1-1 at the conclusion of 110 minutes of play.
 
LMU fell to the fifth-place position Wednesday afternoon in the South Atlantic Conference standings, level with Carson-Newman on 13 points. The Lady Railsplitters will face a crucial test in the next two matches, traveling to third-place Queens (15 points) and first-place Catawba (18 points).
 
Up Next


The Lady Railsplitters begin a two-week road stint, first traveling to take on league-leading Queens in Charlotte. Action will kick off at this Saturday at 5 p.m. EST.

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