Game Details
FIU 1, Jacksonville 0
FIU (1-4), Jacksonville (2-3)
Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017 | 2 p.m.
Jacksonville, Fla. | Southern Oak Stadium
 
The Basics

• The FIU women's soccer team got its first win of 2017 thanks to the first clean sheet for goalkeeper Nevena Stojakovic (Nis, Serbia) of the season in a 1-0 victory at Jacksonville Sunday. The senior now has nine shutouts to her career tally. FIU is now 1-4 on the season, with a pair of home contests schedule for next week.
• FIU was credited with a season-high 15 shots in the contest.
• Both teams came out in the match firing, totaling a combined 12 shots, including six shots on goal, in the first 20 minutes of action, but it was a shot from Panther forward Isabella de Almagro (Pembroke Pines, Fla./American Heritage) that led to the team's first goal of the season in the 24^th minute of play. It was credited as an own goal when a Jacksonville defender deflected it in the net after it caromed the keeper Brittany Hundley.

From the Pitch
"It was nice to be leading in the game, but that doesn't mean it didn't bring pressure to maintain the lead an try to score more goals. We managed to get the win and deal with all of the pressure that Jacksonville brought."

• Senior goalkeeper Nevena Stojakovic

 
"I made a run and got a nice ball from Paula (Quintero) in front of the goal and saw an opening on the right side of the net, so all I was thinking was to hit that far side. I took the shot and it bounced around off the goalie and a defender, but it still went in and I just felt relieved that ball hit the net. After that, I felt we relaxed a bit and played with more confidence in the attack. We were able to more opportunities on goal than ever before."

• Sophomore forward Isabella de Almagro

 
From the Bench
"We executed our gameplan very well and had some really good scoring chances, including a near goal that was saved off the back line from a Jacksonville defender. We started to fatigue in the second half and we let Jacksonville back in a little bit. We have some things we can build on from the first half. We did a better a job of possession and maintaining possession and moving quicker to the goal. We changed our formation this week in practice and that was a positive for us. Playing with the lead did not change our intensity level and we kept putting pressure on them. We need to further work on our attack and shore up some of the things on our defense. We are heading in the right direction, but we need to keep working on it. Hopefully this motivates us to keep working hard."

• Head Coach Sharolta Nonen

 
Stat of the Game
FIU had nine shots in the first half, the total of all of the first-half shots combined in the first four games.
 
Scoring Summary
FIU – Own Goal (Unassisted; 24:11)
 
Up Next
FIU plays a pair of home contests next week, starting with Stetson Thursday night at 7 p.m.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including Lime Court at FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. 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 with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.