Reiss Brace Pushes Women's Soccer to Road Win at Presbyterian

Friday, August 30

Clinton, S.C.

4:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

2-0-1

Presbyterian

0-1-0

North Florida

Presbyterian

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Reiss Brace Pushes Women's Soccer to Road Win at Presbyterian

8/30/2019 8:25:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

By: North Florida Athletics

UNF-PC Boxscore

CLINTON, S.C. -- The North Florida women's soccer team netted three unanswered goals including a pair in the second half by junior Thais Reiss and remained undefeated on the season with a 3-1 road victory at Presbyterian.

RECORDS
North Florida | 2-0-1
Presbyterian | 0-1-0

GOALS
PC - 15' | Preston Robinette (unassisted)
UNF - 42' | Vanessa Piermont (Assist: Carmel Oliviera)
UNF - 57' | Thais Reiss (Penalty Kick)
UNF - 78' | Thais Reiss (unassisted)

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Ospreys struggled to find a flow in the opening portion of the first half
- Presbyterian struck first getting a goal in the 15th minute when Preston Robinette capitalized on a free kick just outside the box
- In the closing five minutes of the first stanza, North Florida posted the equalizer in minute 42 as Vanessa Piermont took a pass from newcomer Carmel Oliviera and curled a shot across the goal to beat the PC keeper and send the Ospreys into intermission with some momentum
- UNF leading scorer Thais Reiss extended her goal scoring streak to three matches after converting a penalty kick in the 57th minute that gave the Ospreys a 2-1 advantage
- Reiss collected her second goal of the match and fourth of the season in the 78th minute when she settled a rebound off a corner kick and slipped the shut just under the crossbar
- North Florida finished the match with an 18-5 shot margin including and 11-2 edge during the decisive second half | SOG: UNF 12 - PC 1
- Ospreys forced nine saves from Blue Hose keeper Megan Serrano, while using a strong defense that allowed only one shot on goal in the match

QUICK KICKS
- Reiss raised her career scoring total to 15 goals and is just two goals shy of her season total last year (6)
- Piermont tallied her first career goal while Oliviera notched her first assist as an Osprey
- Osprey netminder Rhiannon Conelley picked up her second win of the year while not recording a save
- North Florida's undefeated start (2-0-1) thru three matches marks the best start in the program's Division I history, bettering the 2-1-0 opening in 2006
- Match victory improved UNF's all-time record versus Presbyterian to 5-5

FAULCONER TALK
"We got off to a slow start in some pretty tough conditions in regard to the heat. For the second week in a row, we had a 'Big Five' moment with Vanessa Piermont's goal inside five minutes to go before halftime. That was a huge momentum boost for our team. I thought we settled down in the second half and created some more chances. We were also cleaner defensively after the half. It won't show in the boxscore but I thought Sophia Thompson was a real bright spot for us today. She won a lot of 50/50 and second balls. She was clean with the ball in the middle third of the field. The match wasn't pretty, but we will take it and focus on Sunday." - Head coach Eric Faulconer

UP NEXT
North Florida continues its weekend road trek thru the Palmetto State with a Sunday morning (10 a.m.) match at Charleston Southern