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Kesser's Overtime Goal Lifts FAU Women's Soccer Past
South Alabama 2-1
Owls complete Alabama sweep and improve to 3-5 in Sun Belt
Conference action
Oct. 18, 2009
Final Stats
 Freshman
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Tamara Kesser scored her second game-winning goal of the season to give
the Florida Atlantic University women's soccer team a 2-1 road victory over
the University of South Alabama on Sunday afternoon.
The goal came four minutes into the second 10-minute overtime session and
completed a weekend sweep for the Owls, after the team picked up a 1-0
victory over Troy University on Friday.
"Winning two games on the road were huge for us because we dropped some
games earlier that put us into this position where were striving to make
postseason play," said
Brian Dooley, head women's soccer coach. "South Alabama and Troy are
also fighting for a conference tournament berth. Getting victories over them
were big."
FAU improves to 5-10-2 on the season and 3-5 in conference action. The
two weekend victories have improved the team's chances of qualifying for the
Sun Belt Conference Tournament, which the Owls are hosting on November 4-7
in Boca Raton.
Kesser's goal was her only shot in the match and was the beneficiary of
getting the Jaguars defense out of position.
"We were scrambling at that point of the match and brought Tamara in as a
substitution," noted Dooley. "She had a corner kick that she mishit toward
the near post. They cleared it out but right to
Elaine Chaves, who passed it back to Tamara. She made one move and beat
the (South Alabama) goalkeeper."
The Owls' other goal came in the 15th minute on a penalty kick by
freshman
Meghan Brown, giving the visitors a 1-0 edge. This now marks the second
straight match that Brown has scored a goal.
However, South Alabama was quick to answer as Kasey Crowe scored seven
minutes later from the middle of the attacking box following a right cross
by Liz Clark.
FAU junior midfielder
Laura Hyvonen had a team-high three shots in the match. Junior
midfielder
Anhnhi Tran added two shots while Brown and Kesser each had one shot for
the Owls, which were outshot by the Jaguars 16-7.
Freshman goalkeeper
Ashley Lantes picked up the victory in net by recording 11 saves. She
made seven saves in the second half and two more in the first overtime
period to keep the match tied.
The Owls will host Arkansas State University on Friday, October 23,
starting at 7 p.m. as part of Parent's Weekend. South Alabama falls to
2-13-1 overall and 0-7-1 in conference action. |
