Women's Soccer Suffers First Home Loss of the Season Against Central Arkansas

Sunday, September 26

Jacksonville, Fla.

1:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

6-2-1, 1-1-0

Central Arkansas

5-5-0, 2-0-0

Central Ark.

North Florida

Women's soccer team huddles at bench before the match

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Women's Soccer Suffers First Home Loss of the Season Against Central Arkansas

9/26/2021 5:22:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE -- North Florida women's soccer dropped its first home match of the season, falling 3-0 to ASUN newcomer Central Arkansas in a sluggish performance at Hodges Stadium.

RECORDS
North Florida | 6-2-1 (1-1-0 ASUN)
Central Arkansas | 5-5-0 (2-0-0 ASUN)

GOALS
20' UCA | Laurel Landry (Emma Hawkins)
25' UCA | Emma Hawkins
74' UCA | Emma Hawkins

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Central Arkansas came out aggressive from the opening kickoff, creating a shot attempt in the first minute of play | The Bears also forced a diving save from UNF keeper Mercedes Sapp in the 6th minute
- UCA grabbed the early momentum getting a goal in the 20th minute for the 1-0 lead as Emma Hawkins slid a pass across the box to Laurel Landry for a one-touch score
- Hawkins, the ASUN leader in scoring, added a goal just five minutes later when Sapp deflected her first shot attempt in a 1v1 situation but was unable to stop her follow-up attempt
- Freshman Jersi Dadah put the Ospreys first shot on goal in the 32nd minute after tracking down a long service
- The Bears owned a 10-5 advantage in first half shots, forcing six saves by Sapp
- North Florida turned up the attacking and defensive pressure in the second half and began to create some chances
- Haynes Grant got loose on a run into the box but saw her shot attempt deflected by a charging UCA goalkeeper
- With the Ospreys pushed forward looking to create a goal, Hawkins added an insurance goal for the Bears when a counter resulted in a 1v1 chance
- Ariana Munoz had a late chance to get the Ospreys on the board, but her low driven shot just slipped wide of the left post
- UCA finished with a 13-8 shot lead while creating all three of the corner kicks in the contest

QUICK KICKS
- Ospreys undefeated streak ends at six matches following the loss | UNF also suffered first home loss of the year and first defeat at Hodges Stadium in last eight matches
- Ariana Munoz and Kate Carter led the Ospreys with two shot each | Haynes Grant, Jersi Dadah and Hannah Farmer created UNF's three SOGs in the match
- With her two goals, UCA's Emma Hawkins upped her ASUN leading total to nine goals in 10 matches
- The Ospreys saw 26 players appear in the match
- Match marked just the second meeting between UNF and UCA on the pitch... All-time series moves to 0-1-1 for the Ospreys

UP NEXT
North Florida begins a stretch of four consecutive road matches on Thursday (Sept. 30) at Bellarmine. Ospreys will also visit Eastern Kentucky, Stetson and FGCU.

FAULCONER TALE
"Full credit to Central Arkansas. They beat us in every facet of the game. They outworked us from the opening whistle to the final one. We were sloppy with the ball in the back and we gave away a lot of balls in the midfield. We were inept offensively. Emma Hawkins was the best player of the field today. We had no answer for her this afternoon. Our team and coaching staff will need to learn from this and put it behind us. We have four straight difficult games on the road and we will quickly learn what we are all about during this stretch." - Head coach Eric Faulconer