Second Half Goal Sinks Racers At FIU

Friday, September 5

Miami, Fla.

4 p.m.

Murray State

1-3-0

Florida International

3-3-3

MUR

FIU

Photo by: Sam Sheffer

9/5/2014 11:04:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

A 65th-minute goal by Johanna Volz was all the offense Florida International needed, as the Murray State women's soccer team fell to the Panthers, 1-0, at the FIU Soccer Stadium in Miami on Friday evening.

Neither team was able to score in the opening stanza, although Florida International enjoyed a 6-2 advantage in total shots. The Panthers were also able to place four shots on target in the frame, while Murray State was held to none.

In the second half, MSU was only outshot, 9-7, but placed three of those shots on goal, compared to only two by FIU. However, one defensive miscue proved to be the deciding factor in the match, when Scarlet Montoya fired in a cross from 10 yards out where Volz was able to pull it down and beat MSU's Shelby Haworth from five yards out for the eventual game-winner.

Despite the 1-0 deficit, the Racers owned the last 10 minutes of the match, taking the only three shots during that time span. Rebecca Bjorkvall started the barrage in the 84^th minute with a header that went high, and then followed it up less than a minute later with shot that went wide. However, nothing came closer for MSU than a shot from Julie Mooney with 38 seconds to go that hit off the post and nearly went in before being cleared by the keeper.

Bjorkvall finished the day with a team-high three shots with one going on goal, while Pavlina Nepokojova finished with two and one on target. Haworth did have a positive result in her collegiate debut as she allowed just one goal and made five saves over 90 minutes.

On Sunday, the Racers will make the trip across the panhandle to Fort Myers to face Florida Gulf Coast. Kick-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. EDT.