USF NCAA Round 1 11/14/2015

History was made this beautiful Saturday afternoon. The FGCU Eagles were in their fourth journey to an NCAA tournament, but took home their first win, advancing over the #22 ranked USF bulls, to move on to the second round against Duke. This match started badly, with an own-goal while trying to clear the ball with a header, giving the Bulls their only goal in the first few minutes. Drawing two penalty kicks later, and converting on both, gave the Eagles their 2-1 lead and the win. The Bulls out shot, and in my opinion handled the ball better than the Eagles, but the ladies hung tough, made the key saves, and pulled together to protect the goal when they needed to. It must have been frustrating to be USF, and see excellent mid-field play fall apart near the goal, and suddenly be defending against an attack at the other end. Then hugging, lots of hugging. Cliick here for the full story. Below are my shots from the match. Should you wish to use any, you can download them by clicking on an image to make it full screen and using the down arrow on the bottom right. I always welcome criticism and comment, and I do request photo credit if published, please. Also let me know if you need different crop/edits.