TALAHASSEE, Fla. – The University of South Alabama women's soccer team suffered its first loss of the season as the Jags fell, 4-0 at No.1 Florida State at the Seminole Soccer Complex on Thursday.

Kailey Littleford attacked early in the first half to try to give the Jags an early lead, the drive was stopped by the FSU back line. Florida State opened up scoring with the only goal allowed by South in the first half from Jenna Nighswonger in the 32nd minute. 

Goalkeeper Allison Luckhardt and the South Alabama defense were able to keep the ball out of the net until Gabby Carle found Beata Olsson in the 52nd minute to increase FSU's lead. The Seminoles recorded two more unanswered goals from Yujie Zhao and Giana Mitchell assisted by Ran Iwai before the end of the match.

Date: 8/26
Place: Seminole Soccer Complex (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Final Score: No. 1 Florida State 4, South Alabama 0
Records: Florida State (3-0), South Alabama (2-1)

GAME FACTS
- FSU's Nughswonger scored at the 32-minute mark to give the Seminoles a 1-0 lead in the first half.
- Carle and Olsson combined for a goal in the second half in the 52nd minute doubling FSU's lead to 2-0. 
- Zhao found the back of the net in 63rd minute, putting the Seminoles up 3-0. 
- The final goal of the game came from Mitchell, assisted by Iwai at the 74-minute mark.

NOTES
- Luckhardt faced a career-high 27 shots while saving 11 of the 15 shots on target during the match.
- Of her 11 saves, nine came during the first 45 minutes of play as she allowed just the one first-half goal, while facing 18 shot attempts.
- This is the first shutout loss for the Jaguars since the second round of the 2020 NCAA Soccer Tournament when they lost to Oklahoma State, 7-0.
- Florida State held a huge advantage in shots (27-0), shots on goal (15-0) and corner kicks (13-1).
- The Jags have faced the No. 1 team in the nation three times in program history.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Richard Moodie
- On the result: "It's a tough result, we had a chance early in the first half with Kailey Littleford. I thought we trained pretty hard in the little time we had this week. It's tough because you have to come in here and believe you can snag a win, but we're never going to stop believing that even if we're playing the number one team in the nation. I saw more discipline and attention to detail tonight during the match."

UP NEXT
- The Jaguars will return home to host Auburn at The Cage on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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