Lady Ospreys top Bruins, 1-0

Oct. 16, 2005

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The University of North Florida women's soccer team notched a 1-0 win over Atlantic Sun conference-rival Belmont on Sunday at UNF Soccer Stadium to extend the Lady Ospreys' win streak to four matches, while pushing the squad's conference win streak to five matches.

UNF has not lost an A-Sun match since dropping a 4-0 decision to Kennesaw State on Sept. 23.

"It's been big for us to earn these conference wins," UNF head coach Mike Munch said. "The conference race is tight, and there's really not a great deal of difference in the talent level of any of the teams, so you know that each match is going to be a battle. Unfortunately we played arguably the two best teams in the conference right off the bat and kind of put ourselves behind the eight ball with the losses, but we've climbed back into things. We just have to keep playing hard and competing."

UNF freshman forward Elizabeth Gowan tallied her third goal of the season, and her second game-winning goal in the last two matches, at the 69:20 mark of the match when the Palm City, Fla., native netted the ball from 18-yards out to lift the Lady Ospreys (7-5-1, 5-2-0 A-Sun) to the win.

"I felt like in the first half we forced things some," Munch said. "At halftime I talked to the girls about being patient and making sure we got some good opportunities to score. Right there close to the end of the match we were able to string some good passes together and get Liz a good look at the net and she scored a nice goal for us."

Senior forward Ali Blochl and junior forward Christine Brewer each recorded an assist on the goal. For Blochl the assist was her third of the season, while Brewer has now tallied two assists.

UNF outshot the Bruins (3-10-0, 2-5-0 A-Sun) 16-5, including a 7-1 advantage in shots on goal. Gowan led the offensive charge for UNF with three shots, including a shot on goal. Senior midfielder Jess Smith recorded two shots both of which were on goal.

Freshman goalkeeper Rachael Howard earned the win for the Lady Ospreys. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native recorded one save in 90 minutes in goal to improve to 7-5-1 on the season.

Belmont sophomore Micaela Crowley suffered the loss for the Bruins to fall to 3-10-0.

The Lady Ospreys will return to action on Thursday when they travel to Boiling Springs, N.C., to take on Gardner-Webb. That match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET.

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