South Alabama’s women’s soccer team achieved a 2-0 win over Arkansas State on Sunday at The Cage in Mobile, Alabama. Kyra Kotsopoulos and Zamiyah Hill each scored to secure the victory.
The match saw its first goal in the 18th minute when Zamiyah Hill assisted Kyra Kotsopoulos, who struck from outside the box into the bottom left corner of the net. In the 78th minute, Hill scored after connecting with a pass from Aliya Gomes.
With this result, South Alabama improves to a 4-1-1 record in conference play. The team’s defense recorded its sixth shutout of the season, and goalkeeper Sierra Giorgio registered her fourth clean sheet.
Zamiyah Hill now has five goals for the season, tying Andrea Iljkic for most goals on the team. The game also marked Kyra Kotsopoulos’ first career goal.
Head coach Chris Hennessey said, “It was a lot more mentality than anything else today. We needed to get a win – really important for us – and now we can get some rest for what will be a tough game against Marshall next Friday … It was an overall really good team effort, and it’s good to get the win.”
Kotsopoulos commented on her milestone: “[My first career goal] made me really happy, and it was really important to me to help the team, especially against this hard team on a hard Sunday.”
South Alabama will host Marshall at The Cage on Friday, October 10 at 7 p.m.
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