After a scoreless first half, the Wingate women's soccer team struck for a pair of goals in the final 45 minutes to earn a 2-0 win over Belmont Abbey this afternoon at Alumni Field. Wingate extends its winning streak to seven as it improves to 10-1-1, while the Crusaders, which had its four-match winning streak snapped, falls to 7-7-0 on the year.

Neither team scored in the first half as Wingate held a 6-4 advantage in shots and a 3-2 edge in corner kicks, but the Bulldogs struck first early in the second half to take a lead it would never lose. In the 58th minute, Jade Montgomery fed Shelby Forza, who had hit the post with a shot just three minutes earlier, to the left of the box, where Forza used the outside part of her right foot to sail the ball over the defense and the head of goalkeeper Hannah Kohls. The ball hit the inside part of the right post and bounced over the line before Kohls could scramble back and swat the ball away.

Belmont Abbey had its best chance to score in the 50th minute when the match was still scoreless, as Silvia Vazquez got behind the defense and lashed at the ball from the mouth of the goal. With goalkeeper Ashlyn Hardee out of the net, a Wingate defender kicked the ball away to avoid further damage.

Wingate added an insurance goal in the 83rd minute as Chandler Murphy sent a cross from the right corner to the center of the box, where Kalyn Meosky tapped the ball over to Montgomery, who beat Kohls with an easy touch for the second and final goal of the game.

Wingate outshot the Abbey 17-9, including 11-5 in the second half, and held a 6-5 edge in corner kicks. Kohls made nine saves, while Hardie stopped four balls.