University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Lady Eagle Soccer Falls to South Florida, 1-0
10/25/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Lady Eagle Soccer Falls to South Florida, 1-0
TAMPA, Fla. ? For the second-straight match, the Southern Miss Lady Eagle soccer team needed two overtimes to finish its match. However, this time, Southern Miss was on the losing end of a 1-0 double-overtime score against South Florida, Friday, in Tampa, Fla.
The Bulls' Tia Opliger scored on a header off a corner kick from Kim Martins for the winning score in the 103rd minute of the match to give the hosts the win. Southern Miss fell to 6-9-1 overall and 2-6-1 in Conference USA play, while South Florida improved to 7-7-2 overall and 3-4-2 in the conference.
The Lady Eagles could not find much offense in the match, finishing with just seven shots and four shots-on-goal. The Bulls fired 17 shots, however, and got the one that counted in the second overtime.
Junior keeper Leslie Schoeplein registered seven saves for Southern Miss, bringing her season total to 78 saves. Schoeplein needs just six saves in the final match against UAB to surpass Hope Herron for the single-season record.
South Florida keeper Breck Bankester finished with three saves.
The Lady Eagles have just one match remaining in the regular season as they visit UAB on Friday, Nov. 1. Kickoff for the contest is set for 7 p.m.
