Lenoir-Rhyne 5, Concord 0: five scorers shared the response

WOMEN’S SOCCER · AUGUST 30, 2026 · RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

Executive brief

Lenoir-Rhyne earned its first win with a five-goal shutout of Concord. Five players scored, and the Bears maintained their attacking volume across both halves. [1]

Official data — match profile

Official match statistics. [1]

Decisive stretches

Landry Boyles opened at 11:12 from Kennedy Flowers’ assist. Mya Rivera scored at 18:09 from Aly Ramsey’s assist, and Katie Durham at 37:00 from Aya Elshafi’s. Flowers scored at 49:09, assisted by Isabella Zicchinolfi; Alexis Cagno added the fifth at 63:50 from Skylar Noll’s assist. [1]

Player impact

Flowers contributed both a goal and an assist. Alison Little made four saves before Madalyn Wright completed the shared shutout. Concord’s Maddie Loughborough and Kayla Garza combined for seven saves, with each playing a half. [1]

Mayberry’s take

Fourteen shots in each half show continued creation after the Bears built their lead. The five different scorers also make this a distributed attacking performance rather than a result explained by one player’s finishing run.

Concord produced four on-target attempts, so preserving the clean sheet still required saves. Its larger problem was managing the repeated chances at the other end while finding a successful response of its own.

For Lenoir-Rhyne, the useful standard is combining that breadth of attacking contributions with protection against the opponent’s reply. A large margin is a strong match outcome without becoming a guaranteed return for subsequent fixtures.

Conference context

Lenoir-Rhyne moved to 1–1 overall and remained 0–0 in SAC play. Concord stood 0–2. This was nonconference competition. [1]