CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Both North Florida and Miami sent over 20 student-athletes on to the pitch in a tightly contested match Sunday night. When 90 minutes elapsed, it was a lone Miami (2-0-2) goal in the 51st minute that proved to be the difference as UNF (1-2-0) was clipped despite a strong effort against the ACC program in Coral Gables.

Miami 1, UNF 0 

Inside the Match

• First Half: UNF controlled the opportunities early, posting five shots before the Hurricanes could muster up a single shot … Sofia Miliancano made a great save on a long ball in the 20th minute, leaping to keep the ball out of the net … UNF and Miami were tied at the break, with the Ospreys posting six shots to just four for the Canes … Miami did put a ball in goal, but an offside negated the point … Miami committed three such offenses in the first frame … UNF made eight substitutions in the first half alone.
• Second Half: Miami broke the 0-0 draw with a goal in the 51st minute … Jackie Koerwitz chipped a ball from the top of the box just over the outstretched arm of Miliancano … neither team generated many solid opportunities over the next 20 minutes … Jess Camken had UNF's best chance in the second half, sending one above the crossbar from the wing in the 79th minute … that turned out to be UNF's lone shot of the second half as Miami held on to its lead.

Leaders By the Numbers
UNF

• Seven Ospreys posted shots (Munoz, Weiss, A. Anderson, Daly, Fekany, Camken, House)
• Miliancano | 90 minutes, save

MIAMI

• Jackie Koerwitz | 1 goal, 1 shot
• Melissa Dagenais | save, 90 minutes, shutout

Postgame Comments
 

A lot of positives in the effort tonight against the ACC's Miami on the road. Get @CoachEFaulconer's thoughts post match ?? pic.twitter.com/NFht5a8tEy

— UNF Women's Soccer (@OspreyWSOC) August 29, 2022

Notes

• Allyna Thurston and Sofia Miliancano made their first starts of the year
• Miliancano is a Miami native
• Munoz appeared against her former team in Miami
• It's the fifth meeting between the two teams and the first time since 2016
• It was the first time UNF had played an ACC team since that match against Miami in 2016
• Miami has yet to permit a goal in 360 minutes of soccer this season
• UNF has played 21 Ospreys in three-straight matches to start the year
• Analiese Anderson and Zara Siassi played a full 90 as the lone two non-goalkeepers in the match to do so
• It was the first time Miliancano played a full 90 minutes. It was also her first-career start
• UNF is 12-7-4 when tied at the half under Faulconer

Up Next
UNF returns home to host UCF Thursday, Sept. 1.