Charlotte women defeat Fordham

BRONX, NY - Two goals by Whitney Weinraub and Kirby Stenard and stellar defense give the Charlotte 49ers women’s soccer team (8-2, A-10: 2-0) a 4-0 road win over A-10 foe Fordham (2-8-1, A-10: 1-1). With the victory, the 49ers have now won 18 straight games against Atlantic 10 competition.

"Very impressive play by our team today," Charlotte coach John Cullen said. "Today’s victory was an overall team win. We defended very well. We were very clinical when we had the ball. We did not have many shots in the game but were dangerous with the shots that we did take. We have talked about taking our chances early in games and we did that today."

Stenard gave the 49ers a lead that they would not relinquish when she took a through pass from Weinraub and put the ball into the right corner of the goal in the ninth minute. Stenard’s goal was her third game-winning goal of the season.

Weinraub scored her first goal when she put the ball into the lower left corner of the goal in the 17th minute.

Weinraub scored her eighth goal of the season when she put a Jonna Handra cross into the back of the net in the 64th minute. Weinraub now has 26 career goals which moves her into eighth place on the program’s all-time goals scored list. Weinraub’s two goal game was her second multi-goal game of the season and the fifth of her career.

Stenard rounded out the game’s scoring when she scored her fifth goal of the season off assists from Jenna McKeon and Sam Huecker in the 66th minute. Stenard’s two goal performance was her first career multi-goal game.

Charlotte’s four goals came on only nine shots. Stenard and Weinraub were each an economical two shots for two goals.

The 49ers defense behind the play of goalkeeper Lauren Brown recorded their sixth shutout of the season. Brown tallied four saves in the shutout.

Charlotte returns home to battle Rhode Island and Massachusetts at Transamerica Field next weekend, October 2-4. First, the 49ers face Rhode Island, Friday, October 2 at 7 pm. Then, the 49ers conclude the weekend against Massachusetts, Sunday, October 4 at 1 pm.