Sunday, September 25, 2005

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (September 25, 2005) - The ETSU women's soccer team lost to the University of North Florida, 2-1, Sunday afternoon dropping the Buccaneers record to 3-6-0, 0-2 in the A-Sun conference.

The Lady Ospreys defense held the Buccaneers to just seven shots in the game.  UNF defender Kirsten Johannsen recorded the game-winning goal for UNF in the 77^th minute of play when she made a run down the right side of the field past the ETSU defense and placed the ball just past a diving Erin Bilyeu (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) for the score.

ETSU junior forward Emily Fulcher (New Bern, N.C.) opened up the scoring at the 8:15 mark of the match as she redirected a deflected corner kick past UNF's Rachael Howard to give the Buccaneers an early 1-0 lead.

ETSU held onto the lead until the 37^th minute of the match when UNF's Lisa Potoka netted the ball from 30 yards out to record her first goal of the season and knot the game at a goal apiece.  

The Buccaneers will return to Johnson City on Thursday, September 29^th against Mercer at Liberty Bell Soccer Complex. That match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.