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WSOC
3
Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU (8-8-3, 4-3-3)
4
Winner Montevallo UM (13-5-3, 9-2-1)
Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU
(8-8-3, 4-3-3)
3
Final
4
Montevallo UM
(13-5-3, 9-2-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Embry-Riddle (FL) ERAU 1 2 3
Montevallo UM 1 3 4

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Falcons Move on to Second Round After 4-3 Win Over Embry-Riddle

MELBOURNE, Fla. – For the first time since 2007, Montevallo women's soccer is moving on to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after taking down Embry-Riddle, 4-3, on Friday afternoon.
 
The Falcons came out on the attack with Isabel Dillehay firing the first shot on goal of the day at the 1:04 mark in the first half. The Falcons added four more shots including a shot on goal from Raylene Alcaraz before Rilee Bradbury broke the ice in the 10th minute to give the Falcons an early 1-0 lead. Graduate keeper Emily Hounsell went to work early with their first save of the afternoon in the 17th minute.  In the 29th minute, Shadia Valenzuela fired a shot on goal that was denied by the ERAU keeper. Just over a minute later, a Falcon miscue led to the Eagles first goal of the day to knot the game at 1-1. Despite several more Montevallo shots and corner kicks, the Falcons went into the half tied at 1-1.
 
With an early UM corner in the second half, Preslee Malavenda found Marica Miljanovic who beat the keeper and gave the Falcons a 2-1 lead in the 47th minute. Just two minutes later, Malavenda added a second assist with a Valenzuela goal in the 49th minute to increase the Falcons' advantage to 3-1. Embry-Riddle rebounded quickly and cut Montevallo's lead down to one just 25 seconds later. In the 53rd minute, Morgan Goehring fired back-to-back shots, but each were denied. Hounsell added consecutive saves on back-to-back ERAU shots on goal. Valenzuela found the back of the net for the second time on the day to lift the Falcons to a 4-2 lead with 19 minutes to go. The Eagles nearly sparked a comeback with a third goal in the 87th minute but the Falcons controlled possession down the stretch to move on to the first second-round game of Head Coach Jake Wyman's career.
 
With Montevallo's highest seed ever in the NCAA Tournament, the Falcons won for just the third time in the national tournament to move the all-time record to 3-2 in the big dance.
 
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 4 | Embry-Riddle 3
Records: Montevallo 13-5-3 (9-2-1 GSC) | Embry-Riddle 8-8-3 (4-3-3 SSC)
Location: Rick Stottler Field | Melbourne, Fla.
 
GAME NOTES
  • Montevallo's win over Embry-Riddle is the first NCAA Tournament victory for the Falcons since a 2-1 win over Saint Leo on Nov. 11, 2007.
  • The Falcons' four goals in the first-round matchup are the most in Montevallo's history at the NCAA Tournament.
  • Montevallo's 27 shots and 13 shots on goal are the most in a single game so far this season while the Falcons' five assists are tied for the most this season.
  • For the third time this season, Shadia Valenzuela scored a pair of goals.
  • Marica Miljanovic scored her second goal of the season and the seventh of her career.
 
UP NEXT: Montevallo moves on to face second-seeded Florida Tech, the Falcons' host for the first two rounds, on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3 p.m.
 
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