<p><strong>CHARLESTON, S.C. &ndash;</strong> The Charlotte 49ers women&rsquo;s soccer team began its 2012 campaign with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at College of Charleston Saturday evening at Patriot&rsquo;s Point in Charleston, S.C. The victory gave the 49ers their third win in as many tries against the Cougars in the all-time series.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very happy with the girls,&rdquo; head coach John Cullen said. &ldquo;It was a great win on the road. It&rsquo;s always difficult to open up a season on the road.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> Charlotte (1-0) scored its first score of the season at the 68:24 mark when Taylor Rovito found Amanda Jones, an All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team pick from a year ago, near the top of the box. Jones then placed her shot in the bottom right portion of the frame to knot the score at 1-1.<br /> <br /> Rovito again went to work just over five-and-a-half minutes later, this time locating Sara Trexler to give the 49ers a 2-1 advantage at 73:58. Trexler received the pass down the left side before firing the go-ahead goal to the far side netting past Cougar keeper Taylor Avery.<br /> <br /> College of Charleston (0-1) struck first, tallying the season&rsquo;s opening goal late in the first half. After 49er goalkeeper Alex Kubrick kept the Cougars off the board with back-to-back saves during the 40^th minute, the home team kept the pressure on the Charlotte cage late in the period.<br /> <br /> Maryam Buazza set a pass towards the head of Sarah Cardamone, who collected the ball and redirected it into the 49er net after finding herself one-on-one with the Niner netminder at 43:48 to give CofC the 1-0 edge and the one-goal advantage heading into the locker rooms.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;We fell behind to a goal right on halftime, which was a little bit of a tough blow. We had to regroup at halftime and I&rsquo;m proud of the girls for sticking at it with some good quality and intensity. I thought we had some good patience too, especially once we got the equalizer, I thought &nbsp;we looked strong enough to go on win it.<br /> <br /> &ldquo;It was a great season opener, great result and pleased to get that first one.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> Charlotte dominated the early action, taking the game&rsquo;s first two shots and an early corner kick. However, the Cougars were able to reverse the momentum and fired their first attempt in the 16^th minute.<br /> <br /> The 49er defense stood tall in the last 10 minutes of the contest, turning away three consecutive corner kick attempts by College of Charleston to maintain the one-goal cushion.<br /> <br /> Charlotte returns to action when it welcomes Western Carolina to Transamerica Field for the home opener at 7 p.m. Friday.</p>