LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Bellarmine University women's soccer team racked up four times as many shots as Austin Peay, but the Governors unloaded the difference-maker in a 1-0 win over the Knights on Thursday night in an Atlantic Sun Conference opener in Owsley B. Frazier Stadium.

The lone goal between Bellarmine (1-6-1, 0-1 ASUN) and Austin Peay (3-3-2, 1-0) came in the 53rd minute. Alec Baumgardt blasted in a shot from approximately 30 yards to stake the Governors to a 1-0 lead.

Bellarmine came close on multiple occasions but could never deliver the equalizer. A free kick by senior goalkeeper Cambria Kingman with less than 30 seconds remaining nearly skirted through heavy traffic into the net. A no call in the first half when a Bellarmine player was taken down hard in the box ultimately loomed large as well.

Bellarmine amassed 16 shots and limited Austin Peay to four. Six of the Knights' attempts were on frame, and the Governors converted their lone shot on goal. APSU had a 7-3 edge in corner kicks.

Bellarmine will play an ASUN contest at 2 p.m. (ET) Sunday at Lipscomb.

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