Florida Tech Panthers

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Florida Tech women's soccer team advances to the SSC Semifinals with Alice Mottershead's 102^nd minute golden goal against the sixth-seeded Embry-Riddle Eagles on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
 
GAME INFORMATION 
Score: Third-Seeded Florida Tech 3 | Sixth-Seeded Embry-Riddle 2
Records: Third-Seeded Florida Tech 13-1-5 (6-1-3 SSC) | Sixth-Seeded Embry-Riddle 9-5-4 (4-4-2)
Location: Embry-Riddle Soccer Stadium | Daytona Beach, Florida 
 
GAME NOTES

• In the 12^th minute, Embry-Riddle had a nice cross inside the box to an Eagle who misfired high at the Panthers net.
• Eboni Bradshaw put a shot on the Eagles net in the 14^th minute which was saved by the ERAU keeper. The ball deflected to Lotte Waibel who missed her shot over the net. 
• Embry-Riddle earned back-to-back corner kicks in the 15^th and 16^th minutes. After well-defending the first corner, Florida Tech was unable to stop the second as the Eagles scored on a header to take a 1-0 lead.
• The Panthers had an opportunity to respond in the 20^th minute, but Waibel's shot missed over the Eagles net.
• The Eagles earned a corner in the 30^th minute, but the kick ended up in the side of the Panthers net. 
• In the 34^th minute, an Eagles attacker broke away from the Tech defense, but Kaitlin Sinkler was there to save the shot to keep the deficit at one. 
• Embry-Riddle earned their fourth corner of the match in the 42^nd minute. A ball into the box bounced around to an Eagle who shot at the net where Sinkler made her second save of the half.
• Immediately after halftime, the Panthers took it down the field where Eboni Bradshaw made a move to beat the Embry-Riddle keeper and score her seventh goal of the season.
• Alice Mottershead attempted to put Tech ahead in the 47^th minute, but the ERAU keeper made the stop.
• The Panthers earned back-to-back corners shortly after, both well defended by the Eagles that resulted in no shots.
• Embry-Riddle responded in the 56^th minute with a goal off the left foot from an attacker.
• A minute later, Eboni Bradshaw popped the ball over the Embry-Riddle keeper and into the net for her second goal of the game. This would be her second multi-goal game of the season.
• In the 63^rd minute, Mottershead received the ball after a corner and fired a shot at the Eagles goal but was unable to bend it in.
• Bradshaw put another shot on the Eagle goal after finding space, but it was right at the ERAU keeper.
• Kaitlin Sinkler made two terrific saves in the 67^th and 68^th minutes to keep the score at 2-2.
• In the 84^th minute, Lotte Waibel had the ball outside the box, spun and fired at the Eagles net where the keeper corralled her sixth save of the match.
• Anae Malbete got a shot off in the 88^th minute but didn't have enough on it to get by the keeper.
• Neither team was able to crack the scoreboard as the game went into overtime.
• Embry-Riddle fired the first shot of overtime 23 seconds in that missed wide.
• Both teams were unable to get any shots off the rest of the first overtime.
• In the 102^nd minute, Alice Mottershead hit the golden goal from outside the box to send the Panthers to the SSC Semifinals.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

• Eboni Bradshaw notched her second multi-goal game of the season with goals in the 46^th and 57^th minutes. She now has eight goals on the season.
• Alice Mottershead hit the game-winning golden goal in the 102^nd minute to send the Panthers to the semifinals. This was Mottershead's seventh goal of the season.
• Nina Santiago earned her third assist of the season on Bradshaw's first goal.
• Bradshaw recorded the first multi-goal postseason game since Marta Llopis in 2024.
• This is the Panthers' first win at Embry-Riddle since a 3-1 victory on October 29, 2016.
• Kaitlin Sinkler made four saves in the game.

UP NEXT
Tech advances to the SSC Semifinals and will take on the second-seeded Nova Southeastern Sharks on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 7:00 p.m. at the NSU Soccer Complex.