Mackenzie George, Mia Corbin, and Tyler Lussi each got on the scoresheet in a 3-0 win that pushed Carolina past Lexington into second place in the Gainbridge Super League.
Carolina Ascent FC won 3-0 at Fort Lauderdale United on Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale's last home match of the 2025-26 Gainbridge Super League season. Mackenzie George scored in the 63rd minute, Mia Corbin in the 77th, and Tyler Lussi in the 82nd. Sydney Martinez claimed her seventh clean sheet of the campaign. The result extends the Ascent's winning streak to five and its unbeaten run to ten matches.
The win also moves the math. Carolina entered Saturday third in the table on 45 points behind Sporting JAX (47) and Lexington SC (46). The three points lift the Ascent to 48 — past Lexington and into second place. The regular-season finale is at home against Sporting JAX on May 16 at American Legion Memorial Stadium.
The First Half Was Closer Than the Score Made It Look
Carolina nearly scored in the opening twenty seconds. Riley Parker sent a ball across; Shea Groom got onto it; Fort Lauderdale goalkeeper Haley Craig made a one-handed save. Five minutes later, Fort Lauderdale's Kelli Van Treeck got a strike off from twenty-five yards out and put it over the crossbar.
Through the rest of the half, Carolina outshot Fort Lauderdale 6-1. The halftime score was 0-0.
Three Goals in Twenty Minutes
George scored first. In the 63rd minute, Corbin sent in a corner kick, and George got her head on it. It was George's first goal since October 4, when she scored against DC Power.
Corbin scored the second herself. In the 77th, off another corner, the ball came back to her in the box, and she finished with her left foot.
Lussi finished the scoring in the 82nd. Three goals in nineteen minutes, two of them off corners, and a Fort Lauderdale defense that had held for an hour before it stopped.
Martinez handled the rest. Her seventh clean sheet of the season comes three weeks after the 1-0 win at Dallas Trinity that clinched the playoff berth and a month after the 2-1 win at Tampa Bay that ran the unbeaten streak to six.
What's Left
Fort Lauderdale ends the night at 5-14-8 — twenty-three points, eliminated from playoff contention. Their finale is May 16 at Dallas Trinity. Carolina ends the regular season the same day, at home, against Sporting JAX. Both clubs have already qualified for the playoffs. Sporting JAX leads the table on 47 points; Carolina now sits behind them by one with one match left to play.
The piece still being decided is seeding — first, second, or third in a three-team race where the top two have already passed Lexington. The first playoff match's location depends on it.
Ten matches without a loss, and one match to play. The seeding is the work that remains.