HATTIESBURG, Miss. – (Oct. 6, 2019) – Florida Atlantic University women’s soccer picked up three key points on Sunday, taking a road Conference USA affair over Southern Miss, 3-1.
The Turning Point:
The Owls (9-3-0, 3-1-0 C-USA) got on the board first, with Mary O’Hara rocketing one in from way out in the 22nd minute. However, the Golden Eagles (6-6-0, 1-3-0 C-USA) took the ensuing kickoff immediately to the goal and tied it up just 14 seconds later.
The Finish:
FAU took the lead on a USM own goal in the 65th minute and added on just over 10 minutes later when Tiril Haga deposited in her first score of the season. Goalkeeper Brianna Waggoner, making her first start of the year, needed just one save following that third goal, among two saves in the match, to pick up the victory.
Notables:
· O’Hara continues to pace the squad, with now seven goals on the year
· Haga posted her first of 2019
· As they have in the last few matches, the Owls continued to pour it on offensively, outshooting the opposition Sunday, 18-7, and putting exactly have their attempts on goal (nine compared to USM’s three)
· They also held an 8-1 corner kick advantage on the day
Quotable:
“I was really proud of our girls today,” said head coach Patrick Baker. “We talked about being ‘good losers,’ and applying a lot of the things that we learned from a very disappointing performance and loss at Louisiana Tech on Friday. They took in the video, took in the scouting report … and we were just a lot more like ourselves today, which was nice to see.”
Full Video with Coach Baker:
What’s Next:
The Owls are back home next Friday to host UTSA, an approximate kickoff of 7:30, as it will be the second game in a doubleheader at FAU Soccer Stadium (following the FAU men hosting Keiser beginning at 5:30).
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
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