Carolina Ascent FC
Coverage (8 articles)
Carolina Ascent Took 25 Shots and Scored Once. It Is Still First in the League.
Shea Groom's 63rd-minute header was the only goal on 25 Carolina shots, and the 1-0 win over Brooklyn FC kept Carolina Ascent first in the Gainbridge Super League, four points clear with a match in hand before Sporting JAX visits Sept. 26.
Carolina Ascent Won 3-0 for Its First Home Win. Its Coach Rated Last Week's Loss Higher.
Carolina Ascent scored three times inside 40 minutes and shut out Fort Lauderdale United for its first home win of the season. Head coach Philip Poole's verdict: “This match could have been 6-6.” The player who opened the scoring said the same thing, and both of them rated the previous week's loss higher.
Carolina Ascent Led the Super League Final at Halftime. Lexington Took It in Extra Time, 3-1.
Carolina Ascent FC led the first Gainbridge Super League final in club history 1-0 at halftime, but Lexington SC equalized in the 72nd minute and scored twice in extra time to win 3-1, capping a worst-to-first season. Carolina finishes as runner-up.
Mackenzie George's Sixth-Minute Goal Sends Carolina Ascent to the Super League Final
Mackenzie George scored in the sixth minute at Hodges Stadium on Sunday, and the Carolina Ascent spent the next eighty-four minutes defending it. They beat Sporting Club Jacksonville 1-0, ended Jacksonville's first season of professional women's soccer, and earned a trip to Lexington for Saturday's Gainbridge Super League final, the first championship match in club history.
Carolina Ascent's 3-1 Win Over Sporting JAX Sends Players' Shield to Lexington
Carolina Ascent FC beat Sporting Club Jacksonville 3-1 at American Legion Memorial Stadium Saturday night, denying the league leader the Players' Shield and routing the trophy to Lexington Sporting Club. Carolina finishes the regular season third with 51 points and faces Sporting JAX again in the playoff semifinal on Sunday, May 24, in Jacksonville.
Three Carolina Ascent Players Scored at Fort Lauderdale. The Unbeaten Run Is Now Ten Matches.
Carolina Ascent FC won 3-0 at Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night. Mackenzie George scored in the 63rd, Mia Corbin in the 77th, Tyler Lussi in the 82nd. Sydney Martinez claimed her seventh clean sheet. The win pushes the Ascent past Lexington into second place in the Gainbridge Super League at 48 points, one behind Sporting JAX, with one match left to play.
Carolina Ascent FC Clinches Second Straight Playoff Berth
An 89th-minute header from Rylee Baisden locked in Ascent's second consecutive playoff spot and extended the team's unbeaten run to eight matches.
Carolina Ascent Down Tampa Bay 2-1, Extend Unbeaten Run to Six Matches
Carolina Ascent FC extended their unbeaten run to six matches with a 2-1 win at Tampa Bay Sun FC on Sunday, as Lily Nabet scored her first professional goal. The result keeps the Ascent third in the Gainbridge Super League table, with Charlotte's most underreported sports franchise quietly building a playoff run.