KENDALL, Fla. – The Barry women's soccer team suffered it's first loss of the season, 3-2 to the 21st-ranked Nova Southeastern Sharks at MDC Soccer Stadium on Tuesday night in Sunshine State Conference action.
Final: #21 Nova Southeastern 3, Barry 2
Records: Barry (6-1-2, 0-1-2 SSC), NSU (5-0-2, 2-0-1 SSC)
All-Time Series: Barry leads series 24-11-6
- 21:34 - The Sharks got on the board first on a 35-yard chip over the head of Marlen Hernandez in goal. | NSU 1, Barry 0
- 35:39 - Olivia Bradley evened the match in the 36th minute when she bent in a corner kick for the second time this season. | Barry 1, NSU 1
- 35:58 - The Bucs struck 0:19 seconds later to take the lead. Melina Walle-Olsen caught the Sharks defense pushed too far up and fed a ball out to the right side to Ida Mattson who out-raced the backline into a 1v1 opportunity with Sharks' keeper Ewa Sikora for the goal. | Barry 2, NSU 1
- 42:11 - The Sharks tied the game just before half on a goal by Kristina Syragakis. | Barry 2, NSU 2
- 53:54 - Genesis Hernandez got loose in the box in the 54th minute and gave NSU the lead. | NSU 3, Barry 2
- In a game decided by just one goal, the Sharks dominated play, holding the ball for 69 percent of the time of possession.
- NSU out-shot Barry 16-7, but just 8-6 on goal.
- Marlen Hernandez had five saves for the Bucs, but allowed a season-high three goals.
- Sikora allowed two goals in the first half, without making a save, while Gretchen Duttenhofer had four saves in a scoreless second half.
- The Sharks led 9-4 in corners.
- The goals by Bradley and Mattson were tied for the fifth fastest goal in program history.
The Bucs travel to Pepin Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 26 to take on the Tampa Spartans.
