LAKELAND, Fla. – The No. 6 SCAD women's soccer team traveled to Lakeland, Fla., for the last regular season game. The Bees tied No. 13 Southeastern 2-2 to clinch the 2023 Sun Conference Regular Season Title.
DID YOU KNOW? This is the first time since 2015 SCAD has been named regular season champions.
RECORDS: The Bees end the regular season with a 15-1-2, 11-1-2 SUN, while the Fire are 10-4-2, 10-2-2 SUN.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Southeastern got on the board first with a goal in the 16
th minute to go up 1-0. The Fire made it 2-0 at the 40:05 mark, going into the half up by two.
Just twenty-one seconds into the second half,
Sydney Chura cut the Fire's lead in half when she found the back of the net off an assist from
Ines Sommer. Sommer played a ball into Chura's feet just after kickoff and Chura dribbled and hit it over the goalie.
In the 71
st minute,
Sydney Chura picked up her second goal of the game off
Ines Sommer's second assist to knot the game at two-all.
Neither team would score for the remainder of the game, ending with a 2-2 tie, and the Bees being named the Sun Conference Regular Season Champions.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: Sydney Chura led the offensive charge with two goals on two shots on goal while
Ines Sommer totaled two assists and three shots on goal.
Berglind Baldursdottir totaled three shots on goal.
Goalie
Katelynn Balsiger totaled five saves in her 90 minutes of work.
WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees have earned the No. 1 seed in the Sun Conference Tournament. They will host the winner of No. 4 Keiser University and No. 5 Ave Maria University on Tuesday, November 7 at 7:00 p.m.
