No. 4 Florida Tech Panthers Women Soccer Team Ties Against No. 11 Lenoir-Rhyne in Double Overtime

Panthers host Colorado School of Mines on sept. 18

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Fourth-ranked Florida Tech Panthers matchup against eleventh ranked Lenoir-Rhyne in double overtime.

Tech controlled the offensive momentum during the first half and had an advantage in shots 7-3.

Lenoir -Rhyne had a quality scoring attempt in the 4′ as Neve Duston’s free-kick from the top of the box beat Maria Sanchez Recuero but knocked off the crossbar.

Bryson Boyer had a good chance to score in the 22′ but her shot to the right post was stopped by a diving save by Bears goalkeeper Grayson Cameron.

Both teams fired off six shots in the second half while LR had a 4-2 edge in shots during the two overtime periods and Tech finished with an edge in shots 15-13 and shots on goal 9-2.

Sanchez Recuero finished with two saves while Cameron had nine saves for the Bears.

Six yellow cards were handed out during the contest, Tech received four of the cautions.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

■ Florida Tech moves to 2-0-1 all-time against Lenoir-Rhyne. The Panthers’ previous wins in the series came during the 2010 NCAA Division II

■ Elite Eight (5-4 PKs) and during the 2011 regular season (2-1).

■ This is the first time since 2016 that Florida Tech has started a season undefeated through its first three matches.

■ Sanchez Recuero earned her seventh career clean sheet in the win.

■ The Panthers have held opponents scoreless for 289 of the 290 minutes played this season.

UP NEXT: Florida Tech hosts Colorado School of Mines next Saturday, Sept. 18, at Rick Stottler Field. The kick-off is at 12 p.m.

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