DENTON, Texas (Oct. 21, 2018) – The FIU women's soccer team dropped its final road match of the season by a score of 2-0 to Conference USA leader North Texas on Sunday afternoon.
North Texas improves to 12-1-2 (7-0-1), while FIU falls to 0-16-1 (0-8-1) on the season.
The Mean Green notched a goal in each half with the first coming on a header in the 34th minute and the final tally finding the twine in the 81st.
Senior
Jacky Manteas led the Panther offense, accounting for two of FIU's three shots on goal.
Chynna Harris had the other Panther shot on net.
Freshman goalie
Christina Velazquez set a new career-high 13 saves against the vaunted Mean Green offensive attack.
NOTABLE
>> Velazquez's 13 saves are the most by a Panther goalie since
Nevena Stojakovic saved 12 shots against Old Dominion on Oct. 8, 2017.
>> The two goals given up by the Panthers ties for the second-best defensive performance this season for FIU.
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