Brief: Mean Green soccer advances past second round of Conference USA tournament
Akshay Mirchandani / Staff Writer
The Mean Green soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the Conference USA Tournament with a 4-1 victory over Florida International University on Wednesday.
UNT took complete control of the game early on, outshooting FIU 13-2. Senior forward Lynda Hercules scored the first goal of the match in the 21st minute. Soon after, senior defender Kelsey Hodges scored on a penalty kick in the 36th minute to give the Mean Green a 2-0 lead going into halftime.
FIU’s freshman midfielder Johanna Volz scored a goal in the 53rd minute to cut the Mean Green lead to 2-1, but North Texas answered back with a goal by sophomore midfielder Karla Pineda in the 72nd minute and sophomore forward Amber Haggerty in the 82nd minute.
It was a rematch of last year’s Sun Belt Conference Tournament finals, which had the Mean Green winning 1-0.
The Mean Green will be back in action Friday at 7 p.m. when the team will play the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. UNT beat Charlotte 3-0 at home on Oct. 13.
Feature photo: Senior forward Vanessa Ibewuike blocks a University of Texas at El Paso opponent while senior defender Tori Adame takes control of the ball during a home game on Oct. 31. Photo by Harris Buchanan / Staff Photographer
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