KENDALL, Fla. – The Barry University women's soccer team concluded their Sunshine State Conference this evening with a tie against the Sailfish of Palm Beach Atlantic University from Maimi-Dade College Soccer Stadium in Kendall, Florida.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Palm Beach Atlantic 0, Barry 0
Records: Palm Beach Atlantic (3-1-2, 0-0-1 SSC), Barry (6-0-1, 0-0-1 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads series 19-1-4
SUMMARY:
- The intensity of the conference outing picked up tremendously in the second half with both sides showing no signs of backing down after a closely contested first half of action.
- Barry was bestowed a golden opportunity in the 75th minute of play with a free kick off of an aggressively committed red card by Sailfish Madison Kovar allowing Kasey Chirinos to take the shot.
- Chirinos rifles a shot off and goalkeeper Brooke Delzatto answers the call coming up with a phenomenal save that was aimed at the bottom center of the net giving PBA a fighting chance to persevere onward. From there on nobody was able to come up with an answer that would result in the ball in the back of the net as both teams dealt with the tie that would reflect on their records after the conference soccer match.
NOTEWORTHY:
- The Buccaneers were ahead of the Sailfish in the shot category recording 26 to PBA's six on the evening.
- Marlen Hernandez had a light outing at the pitch as the sophomore only recorded one save while Delzatto had to stay on her toes for the entirety of the game gathering 17 saves.
- Hernandez continues her stellar run as the Austin, Texas native posted yet another shutout on the evening making it her seventh on the season for 630 minutes of stout play for Buccaneers.
ON THE HORIZON:
The team finds themselves on the road this weekend on Saturday, September 19
th against the Eagles of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at 6:00 pm from ERAU Soccer Stadium in Daytona Beach, Fla.
