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Sharks Tied for First Place in the SSC with 1-0 Win Over Tampa
Alexis Hernandez
The Nova Southeastern women’s soccer team claimed sole possession of first place in the Sunshine State Conference by defeating the Tampa Spartans, 1-0 Friday evening on the road.
Alexis Hernandez (Sr., Pembroke Pines, Fla.) scored the game-winning goal and became the third Shark in history to score 25 goals in a career. The game-winner is the third of the season and ninth of her career, tying Rebecca Harrison for second in the career record books. Current NSU assistant coach Shurell Burton holds the record at 11 game-winning goals.
The first half displayed a defensive battle as neither team was able to take more than three shots. The lone shot-on-goal in the period came from NSU (6-3-1, 3-0-1 SSC) in the 15th minute when Hernandez took a shot that was barely saved by the Tampa (7-4-0, 2-3-0 SSC) goalkeeper. The Sharks held the Spartans to only two shots over the first 45 minutes.
The Sharks took the lead in the 51st minute on a penalty kick. Freshmen forward Malin Broberg(Stockholm, Sweden) took a blocked shot that was received by Hernandez in the box. Hernandez was fouled before she could get her shot off and drained the team’s fourth penalty kick of the season. It was her team-high seventh goal of the year.
The Spartan offense fell apart after falling behind as they took one shot while committing six fouls over the remainder of the match. After claiming SSC Defensive Player of the Week honors, Chrissy Hy (Jr., Weston, Fla.) had an easy night as she only faced three shots, none of which were on goal. It was the first match this season in which the Shark defense held the opposition to zero shots-on-goal.