Box Score Denton, Texas (Oct. 4) – The FIU Women's Soccer (6-7, C-USA 2-2) fell to North Texas, 1-0, at the Mean Green Soccer Stadium Sunday afternoon.
The loss marked the second-straight conference loss for the Panthers – both coming on the road.
The first 45 minutes saw a defensive battle as neither team was able to find the back of the net. The Mean Green held an 11-5 edge in shots during the first half as both squads went into the locker room knotted at 0-0.
Defense dominated much of the second half until North Texas broke the draw.
After 73 minutes of silence, the Mean Green's Rachel Holden scored the first goal of the game off an FIU clearance. The goal was the sixth of the year for Holden.
FIU pushed the tempo, trying to even the score late in the match, however was unable to get on the scoreboard, falling to the Mean Green, 1-0.
For the game, North Texas out-shot FIU, 16-8 and held an 8-3 advantage in corner kicks. Sophomore
Nevena Stojakovic suffered the loss making four saves on the afternoon.
Seven Panthers got into the action taking at least shot, including
Taylor Coffee who posted two strikes on net.
The Panthers return home to take on Southern Miss, this Friday, Oct. 9. Game time is set for 7 p.m. from the FIU Soccer stadium.
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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/.
