"It was a great weekend" Blankenship said. "We got points on the road and that is what we came up here to do. I am pleased with how the kids played, it was a good overall performance. We got a chance to play a lot of people and that is going to be a strength throughout the season with everybody contributing.".
"FGCU is a very good team and we knew it was going to be a battle, said head coach Robin Confer. "We had a game plan that was working and thought we frustrated them a bit. We held them to three shots in the second half, but unfortunately those shots went in. It's tough to stay in a game when that happens.We will regroup and focus on next weekend which will be another tough two games. We like that we will be playing at home."
"This team has come a long way since the start of the season and had the longest unbeaten streak in the program's Division I era," Confer added on FGCU's record. "Our girls responded well after the 0-3 start and I know they will be ready for this weekend."
Going into the first half, several corner kicks and fouls occurred, and with senior Shay Jackson suspended for the game, Blakenship had sophomore Kavina Ganeshan as her replacement. Ganeshan played for 53 minutes throughout the whole match.
With 15 minutes left on the clock, Popadinova would open the flood gates first as she scored her eighth goal of the season with assists from Boilesen and fellow junior Silvana "Silv" Gordon before the first half ended.
Going into the second half, eight minutes in, sophomore Cassidy Morgan would receive a yellow card which also involved a injury substitution as freshman Avery Sweet subbed in for sophomore Hannah Menendez.
Nine minutes later, Boilesen would extend the Eagles with a header to make it 2-0 FGCU with assists from sophomore Zoey Spitzer and senior Camille Knudstrup. This was Boilesen's fifth goal of the season and her 16th career goal.
The Sao Paulo native is now tied with Gina Petracco (16, 2008-11) for 7th all-time. Boilesen needs one goal to surpass Petracco and tie with Ally Kasun (17, 2012-15) and two to surpass Kasun for 6th all-time.
73 minutes in, junior Lindsey Patton would flick another Eagles header to make it 3-0 with an assist from senior Holly Fritz. This was Patton's second goal of the season.
With 20 minutes left, freshman Alyssa Abbondandolo would seal the deal with her second goal of the season with an assist from Gordon.
Weck (8-0-2, 2-0 A-SUN) finished with her sixth shutout of the season and her 27th in her career while adding two saves. Weck remains third all-time in career shutouts and is five away from surpassing Stephanie Powers (31- 2008-11) for second all-time.
Knudstrup and Gordon had two assists each.
Conelley (5-4-1, 0-1-1 A-SUN) would end giving up all four goals and finished with three saves.
The Eagles outshot the Ospreys 15-5 (8-2 with shots on goal) and had eight corner kicks.
So far, FGCU remains as one of eight teams without a loss with seven of them being Power 5 Conference schools. Earlier today, #9 Auburn fell 3-2 to Ole Miss in SEC play.
The other losses are listed by date:
9/13: TCU (7-2-2) fell to Santa Clara
9/14: then # 2, now #7 Florida State (8-1-1) lost to UNC in ACC play and Mississippi State (8-1) lost to #9 Auburn in SEC play
9/16: then #12, now #21 Northwestern (7-2-2) fell to Minnesota in Big Ten play, then #11, now #19 Tennessee (7-1-1) fell to now #13 South Carolina in SEC play, and then #18, now #24 Kansas (7-2-2) fell to then #4, now #2 Texas A&M (10-1)
9/17: now RV UW-Milwaukee (8-1) fell to Marquette
9/20: Texas A&M fell to Arkansas and then #5, now #4 Virginia fell to Clemson.
The only other non-Power 5 Conference without a loss is Georgetown (8-0-2), who beat St. Johns in Big East play.
Up Next:
The Eagles return home for their first two conference games at home as they welcome one of the two newest members of the A-SUN, North Alabama, and Lipscomb.
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