COLUMBUS, GA â€" Alex Hoover scored in the first half and Morgan Sammons scored in the second as Florida Southern battled the University of Montevallo to a 2-2 tie on Tuesday.
Hoover’s goal, her second of the year, came in the 33rd minute and gave the Moccasins (9-5-1) a 1-0 lead. It came after a run down the right side involving Sammons and Ashlie Haas. The Mocs had been limited to just one shot before that, and it was one of only seven shots between the two teams in the first half.
It wasn’t the only goal of the first half, however, as the Falcons (4-6-2) struck for one themselves 34 seconds before halftime. Paige Scott did the scoring, connecting on a header off a cross from Natalie Martineau.
Both teams had chances again early in the second half, but it was Montevallo which broke the tie in the 54th minute. Again it was Martineau who set up the goal with a cross-field pass to Nicola Stolworthy.
Florida Southern came back to force another deadlock in the 74th minute when Sammons took a pass from Hanna Jansson and finished off a 1-on-1 with goalkeeper Margret Ingthorsdottir. The freshman bounced it off the bottom of the crossbar for her fifth goal of the season.
The Mocs did not have another shot until the first overtime period when Ingthorsdottir saved one by Princess Haley. The Falcons had two more shots before the end of regulation, but none in overtime.
Each team finished with 12 shots apiece, with Ingthorsdottir making seven saves for Montevallo, and Martina Tangen Billing making five for Florida Southern.
The Moccasins return to Sunshine State Conference play on Saturday when they travel to Saint Leo for a 7:00 p.m. match.
