FAU Fights to Draw Against Oklahoma State

Thursday, September 1

Boca Raton, Fla.

7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

2-1-2, 0-0-0

Oklahoma State

3-0-1, 0-0-0

Oklahoma St.

Fla. Atlantic

Photo by: Mauricio Paiz

9/1/2022 10:14:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University faced its third power five opponent of the season in Oklahoma State on Thursday night, with the match ending in a scoreless 0-0 tie. The Owls' record now stands at 2-1-2, while Oklahoma State's mark moves to 3-0-1.

Quotes From the Owls

"We were excited about this opportunity tonight," FAU head coach Patrick Baker said. "Colin (Carmichael) and Karen (Hancock) have done a tremendous job at Oklahoma State, coming in undefeated after a great year last year. I thought in the first half, we were slightly the better team, we were controlling a bit more of the game and creating a bit more opportunities…Full credit to our girls to shutout Miami, then only give up a soft goal against South Florida, and now we have another shutout against a really good Big 12 team in Oklahoma State. We're proud of the overall effort and execution, and Nikki (Brown) did a great job with the scout, and the girls followed it to a tee."

"I think we came out and battled hard," FAU senior captain Hailey Landrus said. "I know we were definitely ready to compete against Oklahoma State who is a Big 12 team that has made it to NCAA's. I think we showed up and brought the energy, we didn't necessarily capitalize on some opportunities, but overall we fought really hard…Playing a big team like this, especially in the non-conference season, can only help us in the future. For us, playing a team like this is great, so we have to hold our heads high and keep fighting."

Notable

The Owls' trend of playing stout defense continued, as FAU has allowed only one goal over the course of the last four games over 360 minutes
For the fourth consecutive game, FAU had the advantage in shots, with a 9-6 edge in that category tonight
FAU had a couple of good scoring opportunities early in the second half, with Gi Krstec taking a strong shot that was stopped by the Oklahoma State keeper in the 52'
14 minutes later, Bri Austin had a good opportunity but was stopped by the Cowgirls' goalie
Lexi Gonzalez earned her first career shutout in goal for the Owls. Gonzalez stopped four Oklahoma State shots in the second half
Playing the full 90 minutes along with Gonzalez was defender Jodi Smith, who prevented several Oklahoma State runouts
Krstec and Amanda Martin logged 89 and 88 minutes respectively
Krstec paced the offense with four shots