In addition, the Eagles win over the Crimson Tide is their 9th win against a Power 5 Conference team since September 2017 (1-0 vs Arizona). FGCU is now 9-21-1 against Power 5 Conference teams.
"I am very proud of how our young ladies played tonight" Jim Blankenship said. "That was a great soccer environment against an NCAA Tournament level team and we came out and played very well."
"I believe we are better than we showed tonight," Alabama head coach Wes Hart said. "We started the game off okay and we were connecting passes with some decent spells of possession. We kept fighting to the end tonight and got a couple goals back and that was a positive. Our goal is to peak as the season goes on and we're not going to panic. We still have a lot of season left to play."
25 minutes into the first half, sophomore Cassidy Morgan would chip in the first Eagle goal for her first of the season.
Four minutes later, senior Holly Fritz would follow with her first goal of the season to make it 2-0 FGCU before the end of the first half.
Going into the second half, the A-SUN Legion of Doom made their marks. Juniors Marjorie "Ma" Boilesen and Evdokia "Evi" Popadinova scored a goal each in the second half. This was both their second goals of the season.
Boilesen's goal was her 13th career as the Brazilian passed FGCU women's soccer direct of operations Ali Rogers, and Olivia Elias (12) for 8th all-time. She is now four goals away from passing Gina Petracco (16) for 7th all-time in career goals.
The Crimson Tide would score their two goals in the first half off the foot of sophomore Casey Wertz and after a Eagles own goal.
Despite giving up the two goals, junior Melissa Weck (2-0) would finish with five saves in the match.
Despite giving up the two goals, junior Melissa Weck (2-0) would finish with five saves in the match.
Up Next:
The Eagles return home for a wave of green as they face Niagara University on Friday, August 31 at 7 P.M.
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