MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (October 15, 2019) – St. Thomas University Women's Soccer (6-3-1) won 3-2 in a thrilling double-overtime match on the pitch against crosstown rival, Florida National (3-8) on Tuesday evening from Bobcat Field.
Bobcat Starters
Whitney Clark
Luna Moreno
Emma Lysell
Tina Mamodaly
Isabella Santiago
Leslie DeLeon
Karina Medina
Leonie Weide
Andrea Manzur Wunsch (Captain)
Sandy Benito (Captain)
Melanie Lefebvre (Goalkeeper)
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Game Notes
- Bobcat captain, Manzur, nearly capitalized on an opportunity in the sixth minute, as the junior hit the post.
- Manzur added another shot-on-goal, in the 15th minute, as the Conquistador keeper recorded a save.
- FNU scored the first goal of the game in the 21st minute, as Florida National took a 1-0 lead over the Bobcats.
- On the Bobcats final attempt of the first half, Leonie Weide chipped a pass over the defense and Manzur finished the chance, tying the match at 1-1 with her fifth goal of the season.
- At the halftime break, Keris Abbot made her 2019 season debut, taking over at keeper for St. Thomas.
- Four minutes into the second half, the other Bobcats captain, Benito, recorded her team leading sixth goal of the season, as the senior gave STU the lead off a penalty kick.
- The Conquistadors tied the match in the 58th minute, as FNU beat the Bobcat keeper, finishing a corner kick with a header.
- Florida National dribbled the ball out, finishing the second half and sending the game to overtime.
- In the overtime, Bobcats starting keeper, Lefebvre re-entered the game for STU.
- Manzur recorded the only shot attempt in the overtime.
- After 100-minutes, the match remained tied and sent into the second overtime.
- In the 106th minute, Leslie Celis scored her first career game-winning goal, finishing a header off a corner kick to give STU the lead.
- Two games into her STU career, Celis has already recorded two goals for the Bobcats.
MVBobcats
Leslie Celis – Game-winning goal
Leonie Weide – two assists
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Upcoming
St. Thomas returns to the pitch to take on the University of Beaufort Sandsharks in a crucial Sun Conference match on Saturday, October 19 from Bobcat Field with kick-off scheduled for 12 p.m.
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