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Lenoir-Rhyne LRU (12-5-5, 8-3-0)
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Florida Tech FIT (10-3-9, 4-2-4)
Lenoir-Rhyne LRU
(12-5-5, 8-3-0)
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Final
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Florida Tech FIT
(10-3-9, 4-2-4)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 OT 3 F
Lenoir-Rhyne LRU 0 1 0 0 0 1
Florida Tech FIT 0 1 0 0 0 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Daniel Supraner

Panthers' NCAA Tournament Run Ends in National Quarterfinal

Lenoir-Rhyne defeats Florida Tech 4-3 in penalty kicks

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: FT 1, LR 1 – Lenoir-Rhyne Advances 4-3 in PKs
Records: Florida Tech (10-3-9) | Lenoir-Rhyne (12-5-5)
Locations: UWF Soccer Complex | Pensacola, Fla.

STATS OF THE MATCH: 
  • Panthers controlled the ball on their offensive half for much of the first 45 minutes.
  • Tech outshot the Bears 6-1 in the first half and had a 3-0 edge in corner kicks. 
  • Alexis Sheely gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead in the 57th minute as she collected a pass from Hanna Maansson inside the box and fired a shot that rang off the left post and ricocheted off the LR goalie and bounced into the net. 
  • LR tied the game at 1-1 in the 64th minute on a goal by Kara Gavaghan off an assist from Neve Duston. 
  • The score remained 1-1 as time expired in regulation. 
  • Panthers had 2 good shots on goal in the first overtime but neither was able to find the net. 
  • LR had the lone shot attempt in the second overtime but Maria Sanchez Recuero made the save and the game moved onto to penalty kicks. 
  • At the end of 110 minutes of play, Panthers had an advantage in shots (13-5), shots on goal (5-3) and corner kicks (4-0).
  • LR took a 1-0 lead after the first round of penalty kicks as Mayara Queiroz Reis' shot was blocked by LR goalkeeper Grayson Cameron and Leonie Proessi scored for the Bears.
  • LR led 2-1 after the second round of penalties as Veronica Thordardottir found the back of the net followed by a good shot from LR's Madi Kyle. 
  • FT tied it up at 2-2 after the third round of penalties as JoJo Michaels scored in the lower left and LR's Stephanie Figueiredo missed wide left. 
  • FT led 3-2 after the fourth round of PKs as Vilma Ferdfelt scored right under the crossbar and Sanchez Recuero made the stop on LR's Kate Casey's shot. 
  • LR tied it up at 3-3 after 5 rounds of PKs as Kate Frazier's shot was saved and Kelly Scarlett scored for LR.
  • LR won the penalty shootout in the sixth round when Emily Swope's shot was saved by Grayson and Evan O'Leary beat Sanchez Recuero for the victory. 

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
  • Florida Tech made it to the NCAA Quarterfinal round for just the second time in program history. The only other time was during the 2010 season. 
  • With the draw, Florida Tech tied the NCAA Record for most ties in a season with 9, joining Chico State in 2009. 
 
UP NEXT: Florida Tech, a team that was picked to finish 9th in the 2021 SSC Preseason Poll, is heading home to Melbourne with some hardware as the 2021 NCAA South Region Champions. It's just the second South Region title in program history. 

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