Soccer Tops Gardner-Webb 3-1; Bentley Earns 50th Career Win

Friday, September 20

Troy, Ala.

4 p.m.

Troy University

Gardner-Webb

Soccer Tops Gardner-Webb 3-1; Bentley Earns 50th Career Win

9/20/2013 7:29:00 PM | Soccer

By: Tyler Pigg

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TROY, Ala. – The Troy soccer team picked up a 3-1 win against Gardner-Webb to close out its home non-conference schedule on Friday afternoon at the Troy Soccer Complex.

TheTrojans fired a season-high 37 shots and tied a season-high with 16 shots on goal as the win marked the 50^th career win for Troy head coach Chris Bentley. Troy (4-5-0) also picked up its 100^th win all-time and Bentley believes it's a credit to those who have played for the Trojans.

"The girls that I have coached, it says more about them and less about me, " Bentley said after the win. "I'm blessed enough to coach a cool game. This group of girls is really pushing forward and developing. I'm very proud of that it's our 100^th win as a program and what these girls have put towards that."

Sophomore Kirsten Rendall netted her first career game-winning goal, while freshman Necee Jennings added two goals in the second half to ice the match.

Rendall took advantage of a failed Gardner-Webb (2-5-1) clearance and rifled a shot into the net to put Troy in the lead just 18 minutes to the match. The sophomore defender finished with two shots in the match, including a near-miss that deflected off the top of the crossbar in the 58^th minute, just missing her second goal of the day.

Necee Jennings scored for the second straight match as the freshman midfielder took a nice through ball on a quick combination between sophomore Jasmine Fahrnbauer and senior Samantha Morgan in the midfield to record her third goal of the year.

Jennings added her fourth goal of the year and extended Troy's to 3-0 in the 82^nd minute, collecting a botched save from Gardner-Webb goalkeeper Amy Schmitt; slipping in her second goal of the match in the crease to seal the match.

Freshman Abby Reynolds led Troy with six shots in the match, two of which were on goal. Jennings added five shots, three on a goal, while Fahrnbauer and Jane Latif added four shots a piece in the win. Fahrnbauer, Latif and Morgan all added an assist a piece in the victory.

Troy goalkeeper Caitlin Buono picked up her second straight win in goal for the Trojans, playing all 90 minutes. Troy's backline held Gardner-Webb scoreless until the Runnin' Bulldogs netted their lone goal in the 84^th minute as Brandi Arey scored her first goal of the year off an assist from Meagan Reynolds.

Troy's 37 shots and 16 shots on goal in the match were the most a single-game since the Trojans' season-opener against Alabama State last season. Nine Trojans fired shots in the match, as eight of Troy's starters posted one shot against the Runnin' Bulldogs.

The Trojans conclude non-conference play on the road at Kennesaw State on Sunday afternoon. Sunday's match against the Owls will mark the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

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