The Covenant College (2-4-5, 1-1-2 CCS) women's soccer team visited Piedmont to attempt to get its third win of the season and move up in the conference standings. The teams played each other pretty evenly, resulting in a 0-0 draw.
The Scots aggressive offensive approach was evident in the early going, as the Scots outshot Piedmont 6-0 in the first 15 minutes of action, but only one of them required a save by Lions keeper Haylee Dornan.
Scots junior forward Rachel Wall had a chance in the 23rd minute on a header shot attempt, but Dornan was again there to deny it. Piedmont had their first shot in the 25th minute, but Scots senior keeper Lucy Sandhoff saved Hazel Kirk's attempt from going in the net. Piedmont started to put more pressure on the Scots late in the first half, outshooting the Scots 6-1 in the final 18 minutes. Sandhoff had to stop three of them.
The two CCS rivals split five shots right out of the second-half gate, but both keepers were up to the task, with Covenant's Sandhoff picking up two saves and Piedmont's Dornan adding one of her own.
Piedmont got another opportunity in the 61st minute, but Sandhoff once again came up huge for the Scots with her 7th save of the afternoon.The Scots got their first opportunity in the second half since the early portion in the 74th minute, with sophomore Hannah Ford's shot drifting wide.
Piedmont's last-gasp attempts on net came up empty in the final five minutes, with Sandhoff picking up two more saves to bring her total to nine for the evening and a hard-earned clean sheet.
Covenant and Piedmont were almost even on shots, with 12 for the Scots and 14 for the Lions, however, nine of Piedmont's were on goal, while only three of the Scots' were. The Lions had five corner kicks while Covenant had one. Covenant had 11 fouls, with Piedmont picking up four
Covenant travels to Agnes Scott on Tuesday for a 3:00 p.m. game, its fifth CCS game of the season.