MELBOURNE, Fla. – For just the second time in Montevallo history, the Falcons are heading to the Sweet Sixteen after defeating second-seeded Florida Tech, 1-0.
 
Graduate keeper Emily Hounsell was put to work early with their first save of the day coming in the eighth minute before another FIT shot looked dangerous in the 10^th minute. In the 19^th minute, Montevallo's Lainey Farabaugh nearly broke the ice but her shot sailed just high and careened off the crossbar. Just a minute later, Isabel Dillehay fired a shot that missed out left to leave the game tied at 0-0 in the 20^th minute. Hounsell added a second save in the 31^st minute to keep the game scoreless before making a trio of saves in five minutes to keep the Falcons in the game. The game went into the half tied at 0-0 with Montevallo taking just three shots to the Panthers seven.
 
Just 52 seconds into the second half, Farabaugh fired a shot that just missed the mark and bounced off the right post. In the 51^st minute, Rilee Bradbury forced the FIT keeper to make her lone save of the day. A questionable offsides call took a Montevallo goal off the board in the 55^th minute to keep the game knotted at 0-0. In the 68^th minute, Hounsell added another save to her ledger before recording yet another save in the 79^th minute. Off a Rilee Bradbury corner, a rebounding ball found the feet of sophomore Morgan Goehring who beat the FIT keeper and gave the Falcons a late 1-0 lead with just eight minute to go. Hounsell made an eighth and final save with 24 seconds on the clock to send the Falcons to a second Sweet Sixteen and the first since 2007.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 1 | Florida Tech 0
Records: Montevallo 14-5-3 (9-2-1 GSC) | 13-3-3 (8-1-1 SSC)
Location: Rick Stottler Field | Melbourne, Fla.
 
GAME NOTES

• Graduate goalkeeper Emily Hounsell set a Montevallo record with their 10^th shutout of the season while adding eight saves in 90 minutes of action.
• Morgan Goehring scored the game winner with eight minutes left to send the Falcons to the second region championship in program-history.
• The Falcons were outshot 14-6 on the day with the Panthers taking an 8-2 lead in shots on goal.
• Montevallo won a pair of corners on the day while Florida Tech was awarded four.
• Six Falcons played all 90 minutes in the Falcons' second-round victory.
• Montevallo's 14^th win in 2024 is now tied for the second-most wins in a single season by any Falcon squad.

 
UP NEXT: Montevallo heads to top-seeded West Florida on Dec. 1 to play for the South Region Championship.