TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur soccer Lady Bucs were oh so close to holding on to a tie with the Elkins Tigers Thursday night in a home Big 10 Conference game.
The Lady Bucs and Tigers were tied at 1-1 with under two minutes to play but the Lady Bucs gave up an unassisted goal from 25 yards out to Addy Cogar as Elkins left Buckhannon with a 2-1 win.
“We played phenomenal throughout the entire game by creating great chances and possessing the ball for the majority of the game,” noted Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Jason Piacente. “It is definitely a tough loss, but I am so proud of how well the girls played all around.”
Cogar gave Elkins an early 1-0 lead in the third minute when Darby Bailey played a cross into the box and she finished with a shot to the back of the net.
The game remained 1-0 at the half.
Haley Triplett passed a ball in from the top of the box to Hannah Boyles who beat Elkins keeper Erin Collins with a shot to tie the game at 1-1 in the 52nd minute.
Neither team was able to find the net again until Cogar had her game-winning shot in the 78th minute.
The Lady Bucs were outshot by a 9-8 margin but led in corner kicks by a 10-3 margin.
Buckhannon-Upshur was guilty of six fouls while Elkins was called for four.
B-U keeper Harley Dean turned away seven shots while Collins made seven saves for the Tigers.
Elkins improved to 12-3-1 on the year and 9-2 in the Big 10 Conference.
The loss dropped the Lady Bucs to 8-6 overall and 7-3 in the league play.
The Lady Bucs will be back in action Tuesday at Grafton for an 8 p.m. start.
The boxscore:
Elkins 1 1 – 2
Buckhannon-Upshur 0 1 – 1
(Scoring)
Elkins – Addy Cogar (Darby Bailey assist), 3rd minute.
Buckhannon-Upshur – Hannah Boyles (Haley Triplett), 52nd minute.
Elkins – Cogar (unassisted), 78th minute.
Shots-on-goals – Elkins: 9; Buckhannon-Upshur 8.
Corner kicks – Elkins: 3; Buckhannon-Upshur: 10.
Fouls – Elkins: 4; Buckhannon-Upshur 6.
Saves – Elkins: Erin Collins 7; Buckhannon-Upshur: Harley Dean 7.
