TAMPA, Fla. — Florida Southern College women's soccer (7-2-8, 4-1-5 SSC) lost its Sunshine State Conference quarterfinals matchup with the University of Tampa (9-5-3, 5-3-2 SSC) 2-0 on Monday night at Pepin Stadium. Florida Southern matched UTampa with four shots on goal, but the Spartans scored once in each half.
Florida Southern created the first sustained threat of the half, with
Sierra Spirk's shot saved at 1:02, corner kicks at 1:15 and 1:41 and
Carli Proctor's attempt saved at 1:58. The Moccasins added another corner at 11:27 during a choppy stretch that included multiple fouls and a yellow card to
Emily Fowlkes.
Carly Brodsky kept the Spartans off the board with a save on Kaylee Gibson at 23:07, but UTampa went ahead at 24:05 when Kaleigh Hart scored off Gibson's assist. FSC put additional shots on frame from
Hayden Johnston and
Addyson Denecour at 24:05, but Lia Doohan saved both, and the Spartans took a 1-0 lead into halftime.
Florida Southern's second half turned in the opening minutes, as
Kyleigh Cilento put a shot out top right before Brodsky saved Kaylee Gibson's attempt, but UTampa's Kaleigh Hart scored at 52:22 to make it 2-0. The Mocs tried to answer with
Jamie Klein's shot in the 70th minute and back-to-back corner kicks from 70:26 to 71:06. Florida Southern generated another late set-piece push with three corner kicks between 79:02 and 84:33 while still facing the 2-0 scoreline. The closing stretch became more physical, with Denecour receiving a yellow card at 83:02 and
Aliya Roberts a red card at 87:43, and the Spartans finished off a 2-0 result.
The Mocs will await their postseason fate with the NCAA selection show on Monday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. on NCAA.com.Â
