Box Score MIAMI (Oct. 11, 2015) – The FIU Women's Soccer team (8-7, 4-2, C-USA) shut out the Louisiana Tech Lady Techster (9-7, 2-4 C-USA), 2-0,
on Sunday afternoon from the FIU Soccer Stadium.
The first half saw much of the action in the Lady Techster's third of the field as FIU outshot the LA Tech 7-1. The Panthers totaled three shots on goal, keeping LA Tech goalkeeper Kylee Seto busy.
Despite pressuring LA Tech through the first 45 minutes, FIU heading into halftime knotted up at 0-0.
FIU came out of the break with the same intensity of the first half, peppering the team from Ruston as the Panthers outshot LA Tech, 10-2 in the final 45.
In the 50
th minute, junior
Talia McMurtrie placed a header to the bottom, left corner of the net off a cross from senior
Madlen Weinhardt to put the Panthers on the scoreboard, 1-0. McMurtrie registered her second goal of the season and of the weekend.
FIU extended its lead when junior
Ellen Crist registered her fourth goal of the year in the 83
rd minute. Senior
Scarlet Montoya crossed the ball to Crist who faked out the LA Tech goalkeeper for a wide open goal. The score game the Panthers a 2-0 advantage with less than 10 minutes to play.
FIU controlled the remainder of the game, blanking the Lady Techsters for the team's fifth clean sheet of the season.
"In the second half we were moving the ball better. That goal was long-time coming," said McMurtrie. "It was good momentum going into our next weekend. Basically, let's just focus on the next two games and that's all we're worried about"
The Panthers continue its Conference USA run next weekend, as they take on WKU and Marshall. WKU will host
Friday's match in Bowling Green, Ky., at
7 p.m. FIU will then head to Huntingtin W.V. to take on Marshall, at
1 p.m. on Sunday.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports, and is a proud member of Conference USA. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and the FIU Football Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member ofConference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
