Birmingham, AL. – Birmingham Southern women's soccer team competed against Covenant College Tuesday night in a 2-2 thriller.  

Both teams created a lot of quality opportunities in the first half, but Birmingham-Southern created the first shot on goal with a right footed shot by Chaislyn Godleski. 

Covenant strikes first in the 56th minute with a goal by Emma Riggs. This was followed by another goal from the Scots in the 57th minute by Lila Wiley. 

A moment of weakness sent Birmingham-Southern down 0-2. 

After out shooting the Scots 9-4 in the first half the Panthers finally found the net. Juliet Williams took a shot that forced the Scots goalkeeper to make a save to her right. The save rebounded out to Millie Mathis who tucked it away in the right corner. 

With just a few seconds remaining the Panthers had the ball deep in their attacking third. With one final push Chaislyn Godleski crossed the ball into a dangerous area, where Juliet Williams found the back of the net. A stunning goal that left the crowd roaring, as 9 seconds remained frozen on the scoreboard. A late storm by the Panthers would prove to be enough to end the game at 2-2.

Head coach, Corey Smith, had this to say after the game: "I'm very proud of these girls. In recent years, when this team went 2-0 down the game would've been over. Coming in as head coach in the summer, our staff made it a priority to embed a new mentality and establish some nonnegotiable's for this program. Tonight showed that our girls are beyond bought in with this and who we want to be. It's a great feeling. All the credit goes to the players".

He is looking forward to their next game at home against Huntingdon: "We're looking forward to it. We've played a lot of games in a short amount of time, but we're showing how much we want to compete and that's important. We had a minute of madness against Covenant that put us down 2-0, so we want to stay consistent through 90 minutes, and get more quality opportunities on offense in the next one".

Up Next
The Panthers next game is Friday, Sept. 8. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m.

Records
Birmingham-Southern 1-0-2, Covenant College 0-1-1