Sunday, October 15
Boca Raton, FL
Noon CT
University of North Texas
8-4-2, 2-2-2
1
at
1
Florida Atlantic
6-5-4, 2-2-2
1
2
F
North Texas
0
1
1
Fla. Atlantic
0
1
1
Soccer Secures 29th Consecutive Winning Season
10/15/2023 2:44:00 PM | Women's Soccer
BOCA RATON, Florida — The UNT soccer team drew with Florida Atlantic on Sunday afternoon, 1-1, at the FAU soccer stadium.
The draw holds North Texas' overall record to 8-3-2 with three regular season matches in hand thus securing a winning season. The Mean Green, which are in their 29th season as a program have never had a losing season. John Hedlund has been the program's sole head coach since he founded it in 1995.
On Sunday, Mean Green senior Rachel Roebuck scored the go-ahead goal in the 62nd minute. It's the senior defensive midfielder's first goal of the season and second of her career. However, 10 minutes later the Owls scored the equalizer to level the match.
North Texas (8-3-2, 2-2-2) nearly regained the lead in the 77th minute when sophomore Summer Brown ripped a shot from outside the box but it struck the crossbar. The ball bounced directly down where Bailey Wesco was charging to clean it up but it was secured by the Florida Atlantic (6-5-4, 2-2-2) keeper.
"The late shot that Summer hit off the crossbar and Bailey rebounded I really thought that was the game winner," Hedlund said. "It's always a tough game with FAU especially at their place. Both programs have a strong championship pedigree coming from CUSA so a draw today doesn't surprise me. We've knocked out all of our road games so we're all excited to play our last three conference games at home where we've yet to lose."
UNT remains undefeated this season in matches where they score first.
The draw holds North Texas' overall record to 8-3-2 with three regular season matches in hand thus securing a winning season. The Mean Green, which are in their 29th season as a program have never had a losing season. John Hedlund has been the program's sole head coach since he founded it in 1995.
On Sunday, Mean Green senior Rachel Roebuck scored the go-ahead goal in the 62nd minute. It's the senior defensive midfielder's first goal of the season and second of her career. However, 10 minutes later the Owls scored the equalizer to level the match.
North Texas (8-3-2, 2-2-2) nearly regained the lead in the 77th minute when sophomore Summer Brown ripped a shot from outside the box but it struck the crossbar. The ball bounced directly down where Bailey Wesco was charging to clean it up but it was secured by the Florida Atlantic (6-5-4, 2-2-2) keeper.
"The late shot that Summer hit off the crossbar and Bailey rebounded I really thought that was the game winner," Hedlund said. "It's always a tough game with FAU especially at their place. Both programs have a strong championship pedigree coming from CUSA so a draw today doesn't surprise me. We've knocked out all of our road games so we're all excited to play our last three conference games at home where we've yet to lose."
UNT remains undefeated this season in matches where they score first.
After Sunday's result, the Mean Green now have eight points in the American Athletic Conference standings, which keeps them in third place in the West Division. The top four teams in each division advance to the AAC tournament. UNT holds a three-point advantage over UTSA who sits in fifth place on the outside looking in for reaching the conference tournament.
The Mean Green have three matches remaining in the regular season and all are at home. Next week UNT to hosts Charlotte on Thursday at 7 p.m. CT and then East Carolina on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT. Thursday's contest will be North Texas' senior day.
Team Stats
UNT
FAU
Goals
1
1
Shots
12
6
Shots on Goal
5
2
Saves
1
4
Corners
1
6
Fouls
7
5
Scoring Plays
Rachel Roebuck (1)
GOAL by UNT Roebuck, Rachel.
61:46
Elin Simonardottir (5)
Assisted By: Simone Rivard-Roberts
GOAL by FAU Simonardottir, Elin Assist by Rivard-Roberts, Simone.
71:02
Game Leaders
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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