Offensive Outburst Propels FAU Women’s Soccer to 7-1 Win

Sunday, August 25

Boca Raton, Fla.

1:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

1-1-0

Grand Canyon

1-1-0

Grand Canyon

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

8/25/2019 5:48:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Junior forward Miracle Porter tallied a hat trick to help the Florida Atlantic University women's soccer team to a 7-1 win over Grand Canyon on Sunday. The Owls are now 1-1-0 on the season.

How It Happened
Mary O'Hara scored on a rocket from the top of the box late in the 21st minute for what proved to be the only tally of the first half. Early in the second half, Sammy Vitols notched a pair of goals, the first off a cross from Carolynn Wotring (her second assist of the match), sandwiched around a marker from Pernille Velta, to put the Owls up 4-0. The Lopes (1-1-0) notched their only goal less than two minutes after Vitols' second conversion to pull within 4-1. Porter scored all three of her goals in less than 10 minutes to account for the final score.

Notables:

FAU's seven goals were the most in the match since defeating Mercer 7-0 on Oct. 13, 2002
Porter's goals gave her seven for her FAU career and she became the first Owl to record a hat trick since Claire Emslie scored three times against UAPB on September 15, 2013
Vitols' two tallies increased her career count to five
Mary O'Hara and Pernille Velta both scored season goal number two and career goal number 10 on Sunday.
Redshirt freshman Cassidy Wasdin picked up her first career win in goal for the Owls
22 Owls saw the pitch during the match, including the FAU debuts of Madison McElhone, Mia Omar, Sophia Thomas, Myla Sharpless and Ashley Grisley
Porter, Vitols and O'Hara all tied with a team-high three shot attempts

Quotable

"I thought our response to their goal was very good," said head coach Patrick Baker. "Miracle buried three straight chances. We know that she can do that and we've been waiting on that, as has she."

Full Video with Coach Baker:

What's Next

FAU makes its first road trip of the season to play at Miami on Thursday, Aug. 29. Match time is set for 7 p.m. and will air on ACC Network Extra.