MATTHEWS, N.C. – The Florida Tech women's soccer fought to the very end in their Final Four match against Point Loma but dropped the match, 3-0, to the Sea Lions.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Florida Tech 0, Point Loma 3
Records: Florida Tech (17-3-3, 8-1-1 SSC), Point Loma (16-3-1, 8-2-0 PacWest)
Location: Matthews Sportsplex | Matthews, N.C.
 
STATS OF THE MATCH

• Point Loma started the match off with a shot on target in just the fourth minute, but Ayana Aoyagi was able to safely make the save.
• The Sea Lions got off four more shots over the next 15 minutes, but none made it past Aoyagi.
• Savannah Oxley put the first shot on goal for Tech in the 27th minute, but the Point Loma keeper knocked the ball away to keep the game knotted at 0-0.
• Both teams went back and forth trading shots and possession, but the backlines and keeper of both teams remained steady.
• In the 36th minute, Lauryn Wood sent a pass forward towards Sara Batchadji who was streaking towards the goal. Batchadji was clear of her defender and stretched out for the one-timer but the ball was out of reach by just a few inches and safely scooped up by the Sea Lions' keeper.
• The teams exchanged a few more shots each but went into halftime tied at 0-0.
• Just two minutes into the second half, Point Loma got on the board with a second-chance goal by Alana Diaz who placed her shot off the left post and into the back of the net to make it a 1-0 match.
• After some more back and forth for the next few minutes, Josefine Nilsen looked to tie things up in the 65th minute with a rocket from just inside the box. The Sea Lions' keeper made a leaping save to hold onto the lead.
• Point Loma tacked on two more goals in the 82nd and 87th minutes as insurance and the match concluded with a score of 3-0.
• The Panthers got 15 shots off with nine on target in the match.

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Florida Tech moves to 7-7-8 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. (Seven for eight in penalty shootouts).
• This was the first-ever meeting between Tech and Point Loma.
• This was the second-ever Final Four appearance for the Panthers after they fell to Grand Valley State in 2010, 2-0.

 
This concludes the season for the Panther women. The team finished the year with a 17-3-3 overall record and an 8-1-1 SSC record.
 
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