Shaw Bears Women's Soccer Secures Back-to-Back Championships

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Frida Lang scored the first goal and assisted  on the final goal as Shaw defeated Bryant & Stratton-Syracuse 3-1 for the USCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship on Monday evening.

This marks the second straight USCAA title for Shaw as they defeated Bryant & Stratton-Syracuse 3-0 for the 2023 title also in Pittsburgh.

After a scoreless first half, Lang broke the ice with a tally at 49:58 as she was on the receiving end of a feed from Giovanna Coghetto to put the Bears up 1-0. The lead grew to 2-0 at the 52:26 point where Brianna Garbrandt found the back of the net for Shaw.

Bryant & Stratton-Syracuse cut the deficit in half as Masego Nfandiso tallied for the Bobcats at the 66:09 mark for a 2-1 deficit.

Shaw quickly responded 13 seconds later as Lang found Johanna Lilja with the clincher at 66:22 for a 3-1 Shaw advantage.

Shaw (11-6-1) held a 24-8 advantage in shots, 14-8 in shots on goal and a 4-3 advantage in penalty kicks.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Florida National: Sophomore, F, Delmis Reyes Amaya

UMFK: Junior, F, Petagay Dixon

UMFK: Senior, F, Julla Audunsdottir

Shaw: Junior, F, Johanna Lilja

Bryant & Stratton-Syracuse: So., D, Tassianne Benjamin

Shaw: Junior, GK, Olivia Ankrom

Bryant & Stratton-Syracuse: Junior, MF, Virginia Simon

Shaw: Freshman, MF, Frida Lang

Bryant & Strattton-Syracuse: Junior, F, Masego Nfandiso

Shaw: Senior, F, Giovanna Coghetto

Tournament MVP: Shaw, Senior, MF, Brianna Garbrandt