Riley Parker
Coverage (3 articles)
Carolina Ascent FC Clinches Second Straight Playoff Berth
An 89th-minute header from Rylee Baisden locked in Ascent's second consecutive playoff spot and extended the team's unbeaten run to eight matches.
Three Carolina Ascent Players Scored at Fort Lauderdale. The Unbeaten Run Is Now Ten Matches.
Carolina Ascent FC won 3-0 at Fort Lauderdale on Saturday night. Mackenzie George scored in the 63rd, Mia Corbin in the 77th, Tyler Lussi in the 82nd. Sydney Martinez claimed her seventh clean sheet. The win pushes the Ascent past Lexington into second place in the Gainbridge Super League at 48 points, one behind Sporting JAX, with one match left to play.
Mackenzie George's Sixth-Minute Goal Sends Carolina Ascent to the Super League Final
Mackenzie George scored in the sixth minute at Hodges Stadium on Sunday, and the Carolina Ascent spent the next eighty-four minutes defending it. They beat Sporting Club Jacksonville 1-0, ended Jacksonville's first season of professional women's soccer, and earned a trip to Lexington for Saturday's Gainbridge Super League final — the first championship match in club history.