{"id":261855,"date":"2026-09-10T04:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/womens-soccer-dominates-in-home-opener-against-guilford-methodist-university-athletics\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T04:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:55:00","slug":"womens-soccer-dominates-in-home-opener-against-guilford-methodist-university-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/10\/womens-soccer-dominates-in-home-opener-against-guilford-methodist-university-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Soccer Dominates In Home Opener Against Guilford &#8211; Methodist University Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"sidearm-story-template-text_post-3\">\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>                    <strong>FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. &#8211; <\/strong>\u00a0The Methodist women&#8217;s soccer team-controlled ball possession from start to finish, rolling to a 4-1 victory over Guilford College on Wednesday night for the Monarchs home opener at Duggins Soccer Stadium.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>JUST THE FACTS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Final score: <\/strong>Methodist def. Guilford, 4-1<br \/>\n<strong>Records:<\/strong> Methodist 1-1, Guilford 1-1<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong> Duggins Soccer Stadium; Fayetteville, N.C.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>HOW IT HAPPENED<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/allye-carter\/15003\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15003\" target=\"_blank\">Allye Carter<\/a><\/dfn> collected her first goal of the season from a shot deflected off the crossbar by freshman <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/sydney-campbell\/15023\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15023\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Campbell<\/a><\/dfn>, leading to Campbell&#8217;s first collegiate assist in the third minute and the Monarchs early 1-0 lead.<\/li>\n<li>Guilford&#8217;s Madison Motto deflected one of sophomore <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/kat-cardiff\/15002\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15002\" target=\"_blank\">Kat Cardiff&#8217;s<\/a><\/dfn> pair of shots, driving sophomore <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/jordan-mazzei\/15027\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15027\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Mazzei&#8217;s<\/a><\/dfn> momentum to the goal for both Mazzei and Cardiff&#8217;s first collegiate score and assist of their collegiate careers in the 31st minute, giving Methodist a 2-0 advantage at the half.<\/li>\n<li>Methodist&#8217;s control of the ball in the first half steered the momentum in their favor, outshooting the Quakers nine to one through 45 minutes of action.<\/li>\n<li>The Quakers Kylee Berry scored Guilford&#8217;s lone goal off the free kick from 30 yards out in the 54th minute, cutting the score to 2-1 in favor of the Monarchs.<\/li>\n<li>In the 64th minute of action, graduate student <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/summer-ward\/15033\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15033\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Ward<\/a><\/dfn> placed her assist perfectly in the attack zone for <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/allye-carter\/15003\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15003\" target=\"_blank\">Allye Carter<\/a><\/dfn> to strike on her second goal of the game and the season, extending Methodist&#8217;s margin 3-1.<\/li>\n<li>This game would be put out of reach for Guilford, as freshman <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/ryley-brinkley\/15022\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15022\" target=\"_blank\">Ryley Brinkley&#8217;s<\/a><\/dfn> touch pass at midfield would drive <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/kat-cardiff\/15002\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15002\" target=\"_blank\">Kat Cardiff<\/a><\/dfn> all by herself to score her first goal of her collegiate career, soaring the Monarchs lead to 4-1.<\/li>\n<li>Senior <dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/sabrina-nassar\/15014\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15014\" target=\"_blank\">Sabrina Nassar<\/a><\/dfn> held strong for the remaining 45 minutes in goal, surrendering one goal against while collecting six saves off ten shots faced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BY THE NUMBERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Methodist outpaced Guilford offensively, sending 16 shots to the Quakers 11, along with ten of those shots being on goal compared to Guilford&#8217;s seven shots of goal on the night.<\/li>\n<li><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/allye-carter\/15003\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15003\" target=\"_blank\">Allye Carter<\/a><\/dfn> was the lone multi-goal scorer from the Monarchs commanding offensive performance, resulting in her first two-goal showing of her collegiate career.<\/li>\n<li>Carter finished the night with three shots launched in possession of the ball, with all three scoring attempts on goal.<\/li>\n<li><dfn><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/kat-cardiff\/15002\" rel=\"smarttag noopener\" rev=\"15002\" target=\"_blank\">Kat Cardiff<\/a><\/dfn> collected four shots for Methodist, the most on the evening for her squad, with two of those scoring chances being on goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><br \/>\nThings don&#8217;t get any easier for Methodist as they travel up I-95 to Northern Virginia, battling the Eagles of No. 12 nationally-ranked University of Mary Washington at Roy Gordon Field, with first kick set for 12:00 PM.<br \/>\n                    <button id=\"show-story-btn\">Read Full Article<\/button>\n                <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mumonarchs.com\/news\/2026\/9\/9\/womens-soccer-womens-soccer-dominates-in-home-opener-against-guilford.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. &#8211; \u00a0The Methodist women&#8217;s soccer team-controlled ball possession from start to finish, rolling to a 4-1 victory over Guilford College on Wednesday night for the Monarchs home opener at Duggins Soccer Stadium. \u00a0 JUST THE FACTS Final score: Methodist def. Guilford, 4-1 Records: Methodist 1-1, Guilford 1-1 Location: Duggins Soccer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}