"Kate played great for us once again," said Navy assistant coach Rob Blanck.
On the other side of the field, Gleason stopped five Navy shots. She faced 20 shots fired off by the Gauchos, including 15 in the second half. Macfarlane was strong in goal for the Midshipmen, warding off seven shots. Eames, who played in just her second game of her career, also scored in the Mids' 3-2 loss at Pepperdine Friday evening. Sheveland beat her defender and served Eames, who rippled the back of the net and gave the Mids their first win of 2001. Junior midfielder Nadia Sheikh (Canal Winchester, Ohio) began the game-winning play as she took the ball up the field and found forward Amelia Sheveland (Farmers Branch, Texas). Navy, who took just three shots in the second half, was patient in its attack. Midfielder Jennifer Codington found an open lower left corner and slid the ball past Navy keeper Kate Macfarlane (Monkton, Md.) to knot the game at one apiece with 34 minutes remaining in the contest. It would be the lone goal by either team scored in the first half.ĭown 1-0, UC Santa Barbara came out firing in the second half. Weller, who was questionable at game time after suffering a severely sprained ankle Friday night against Pepperdine, fired in a shot past Gaucho goalkeeper Mary Gleason to give the Mids a 1-0 lead 14 minutes into the contest. Navy got on the board first when senior Melissa Rains (Gold River, Calif.) found sophomore defender Megan Weller (Richmond, Va.)off a corner kick. The win improved the Midshipmen to 1-1 on the season, while UC Santa Barbara dropped its second-consecutive contest by a one-goal margin. Freshman Katie Eames' (El Cerrito, Calif.) goal in the 70th minute of the game broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Navy women's soccer team its first win of the season, defeating UC Santa Barbara, 2-1, Sunday evening. Eames' Second-Half Goal Gives Mids First Win of Season
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