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Dugger's 2nd-half goal propels Radford women to 2-1 Big South Semifinal win over VMI

7 Nov, 2008

Junior Justine Dugger's (Purcellville, Va.) goal 32 seconds into the second half lifted No. 2 Radford to a 2-1 win over No. 4 VMI in the semifinals of the Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament on Friday evening.

The decisive goal for the Highlanders (13-1-6) came when senior McKenzie Vergara (Chester, Va.) found Dugger, whose open blast from 22 yards away went in to the upper right corner of the net and put Radford ahead to stay.

In the second half, Radford dictated the tempo: the Highlanders took 11 shots and earned four corner kicks to hold back the Keydets (10-10-1).

In the 64th minute, VMI had a chance to tie things up when Amanda Berrios got loose in the box, dribbled left, and fired a high shot at Radford freshman goalkeeper Lisa Lubke (Columbus, Ohio), who reached up and made the save to preserve the lead.

Lubke finished the game with six saves.

The Keydets struck first in the 26th minute, when Chrissy Beach flung a pass from the endline that found Olivia Moore, who headed the ball in to give VMI the early lead.

Radford answered just four minutes later, when senior Laura Culver (Fairfax, Va.) launched a shot from 24 yards out that sailed just underneath the crossbar, tying the game at one.

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