Greenville, S.C. -- Seniors Rachel Shelnutt and Laura White each scored a goal in their final home match to lead Furman to a 4-0 rout of Wofford in the Southern Conference regular season finale for both schools on Wednesday night at Stone Soccer Stadium.

The victory improved the Paladins to 11-7-2 overall and 6-3-2 in SoCon play.  With Davidson's 2-0 victory over Georgia Southern on Wednesday, Furman was forced to settle for the No. 5 seed in the SoCon Tournament and will travel to face the fourth-seeded Wildcats in the quarterfinal round on Sunday at 3 p.m.  Wofford finished its season at 8-7-2 overall and 2-7-2 in the league.

The Paladins netted a pair of goals in each half to close the regular season with a win and snap a two-match skid against the Terriers.  

"This was an outstanding performance tonight to close out the regular season, send our seniors out on a winning note at home and build some positive momentum heading into the Southern Conference Tournament," said Furman head coach Andrew Burr.  "We scored some tremendous goals and got another strong effort from our back line to record a shutout."

Freshman defender Ali Simpson opened the scoring at 11:29 when Shelnutt flicked a header to the right side of the box that Simpson volleyed past Wofford goalkeeper Kara Boggs from 12 yards out for her fifth goal of the season.

Sophomore Dee Makris doubled the lead in the 29th minute with her second tally of the season.  Alexa Morse picked out the midfielder on the left corner of the box and Makris drilled a shot across the face of goal and into the right corner at 28:12.

Senior Laura White upped the Furman cushion to 3-0 in the 55th minute with her first goal of the campaign, curling a 23-yard free kick inside the far right post after a hand ball by Wofford along the left wing.

Shelnutt capped the scoring with her team-leading 12th goal of the season 32 seconds before the hour mark as she ran onto a long ball out of the back.  A defender knocked the ball away inside the box, but Shelnutt chased down the loose ball and looped a shot over the keeper and into the side netting at 59:28 for the final 4-0 margin.

Furman managed an 11-8 edge in shot attempts and 4-3 advantage in corner kicks.  Senior Jessica Smith and freshman Holly Reilly combined to make three saves and record the shutout for the Paladins.  Boggs stopped three shots in the loss for the Terriers.

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