Soccer falls to Florida State, sees historic season come to end

Sunday, November 19

Tallahassee, FL

4:30 PM

University of Texas

17-5-2, 6-3-1

Florida State

19-0-1, 9-0-1

Texas

Florida St.

Photo by: Phil Kelly

Soccer falls to Florida State, sees historic season come to end

11.19.2023 | Soccer

Box Score

One win shy of tying the program’s single-season win record, Texas bows out of the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet Sixteen

By: Chris Allen Brown

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In order to be the best, you have to beat the best and Sunday afternoon, No. 1 Florida State proved its ranking by earning a 5-0 result over the Texas Longhorns, bringing to an end one of the best seasons in UT women's soccer history.

Florida State (19-0-1) pushed two goals — one by Beata Olsson and another by Onyi Echegini — passed Texas (17-5-2) goalkeeper Mia Justus, who made her return to the Seminole Soccer Complex this week after playing at Florida State in 2021 and 2022, within the match's first 10 minutes. Jordynn Dudley extended the home team's lead to three goals by converting a penalty kick opportunity in the 21st minute.

Taylor Huff made it 4-0, Florida State, with a goal less than five minutes into the second half, before Olivia Garcia capped the night by finding the back of the net at the 63rd-minute mark.

Of Texas' 12 shots on the night — only two back of Florida State's match total — only three were on target, though, with the Longhorns' best scoring opportunity coming at the 12:30 mark of the first half when a shot from Ashlyn Miller hit the top of the frame and went out of bounds.

Trinity Byars, Lauren Lapomarda and Holly Ward all had would-be scoring opportunities spoiled by Florida State goalkeeper Cristina Roque within a 12-minute span during the second half.

FROM HEAD COACH ANGELA KELLY

"Obviously, a disappointing result for us, but I don't want that to overshadow all the positive things our team accomplished this season, which was a list yards long. We just bumped into an incredibly impressive team in Florida State tonight. They were just rocking on all cylinders and just congratulations to (Florida State women's soccer head coach) Brian (Pensky) and his squad. It was a home match. You could feel the energy from the opening whistle and that's an incredibly talented team and, in my opinion, was the best team we've faced this season."

MATCH NOTES

Despite the match result, Texas was credited with more corner kicks (6) than Florida State (1), marking the 22nd time in 24 matches this season that the Longhorns were either tied or earned more corner kicks than their opponents.
Texas played Sunday afternoon's match in front of 1,391 fans, marking the eighth time this season the Longhorns participated in a soccer match in front of 1,000-or-more fans.
Longhorn head coach Angela Kelly will enter the 2024 season needing just six more wins to surpass 300 victories throughout her collegiate coaching career.
The Texas Longhorns conclude the 2023 season one win shy of tying the program's single-season win mark (18) set during the 2006 campaign.
- The 17 victories for the Longhorns throughout the 2023 campaign were the second most in the program's single-season history and most since the 2006 squad won 18.
Coming onto the pitch in the 55th minute to replace Abby Allen on the defensive backline, Charlotte Blümel went on to play 35 minutes against the Seminoles, the most minutes for the German centerback since playing 45 minutes against TCU on Oct. 23, 2023.

UP NEXT

Having now officially completed its final season as a member of the Big 12 Conference, the Texas Longhorns will be members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) beginning on July 1, 2024.

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