BOCA RATON, Fla. – (Aug. 25, 2019) – Junior forward Miracle Porter tallied a hat trick to help the Florida Atlantic University women’s soccer team to a 7-1 win over Grand Canyon on Sunday. The Owls are now 1-1-0 on the season.
How It Happened
Mary O’Hara scored on a rocket from the top of the box late in the 21st minute for what proved to be the only tally of the first half. Early in the second half, Sammy Vitols sandwiched a pair of goals, the first off a cross from Carolynn Wotring, around a marker from Pernille Velta to put the Owls up 4-0. The Lopes (1-1-0) notched their only goal less than two minutes after Vitols’ second conversion to pull within 4-1. Porter scored all three of her goals in less than 10 minutes to account for the final score.
Notables:
FAU’s seven goals were the most in the match since defeating Mercer 7-0 on Oct. 13, 2002 Porter’s goals gave her seven for her FAU career and she became the first Owl to record a hat trick since Claire Emslie scored three times against UAPB on September 15, 2013
Vitols’ two tallies increased her career count to five
Mary O’Hara and Pernille Velta both scored season goal number two and career goal number 10 on Sunday.
Redshirt freshman Cassidy Wasdin picked up her first career win in goal for the Owls
23 Owls saw the pitch during the match
Porter, Vitols and O’Hara all tied with a team-high three shot attempts.
Quotable
“I thought our response to their goal was very good,” said head coach Patrick Baker. “Miracle buried three straight chances. We know that she can do that and we’ve been waiting on that, as has she.”
What’s Next
FAU makes its first road trip of the season to play at Miami on Thursday, Aug. 29. Match time is set for 7 p.m. and will air on ACC Network Extra.
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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.
