HICKORY, N.C. – A 54th minute goal was all Wingate needed to punch their ticket to the Southeast Regional final as they beat the No. 18 University of North Georgia women’s soccer team 1-0 Sunday afternoon on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne.

After a scoreless first half, Wingate pushed forward and crossed a ball in from the left side that bounced around and was last touched by a Nighthawk player, giving Wingate the 1-0 lead.

North Georgia looked to equalize and gave the Bulldogs some close calls, but the goal would hold up in the end.

NOTES

– The Nighthawks finish the season at 16-3-2, marking the fourth time in program history that UNG has had 16 or more wins in a single season. UNG was unbeaten at home this year for the first time since 2015, going 8-0-1 on the home pitch. The Nighthawks also finished with a program best 13 clean sheets.

– The Nighthawks were held to just seven shots in the contest, directing just two on target. Taylor Malasek was the only player with multiple shots, taking three and both shots on goal.

– This was North Georgia’s sixth appearance in a regional in program history with each appearance including at least a win in the opening round.

Fetch Your News is a hyper local news outlet that covers Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union, Towns and Murray counties as well as Cherokee County in N.C. FYN attracts 300,000+ page views per month, 3.5 million impressions per month and approximately 15,000 viewers per week on FYNTV.com and up to 60,000 Facebook page reach. If you would like to follow up-to-date local events in any of those counties, please visit us at FetchYourNews.com