FWST: TCU women’s soccer beats UNC on penalty kicks to reach NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8

[TopFrog]

TCU women’s soccer beats UNC on penalty kicks to reach NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8​

By Lawrence Dow

TCU women’s soccer had no trouble scoring in its first two NCAA Tournament games, beating Grambling State and Memphis by a combined score of 11-0.

The third round was a bit more challenging and dramatic.

The fifth-ranked Horned Frogs tied defending national champion North Carolina with four seconds left in regulation, then prevailed 4-3 on penalty kicks after playing to a 1-1 deadlock Monday afternoon at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.

Paywall link: https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article313103966.html

Full article link: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tcu-women-soccer-beats-unc-222004395.html

 

[TopFrog]

Wild

 

[Frog Wild]

Coach Dixon was there as were a bunch of football players.

 

[TopFrog]

Too bad LSU couldn't get the win over Vanderbilt and given TCU the home game for the quarterfinals.

 

[JogginFrog]

For those who haven't seen highlights: https://www.ncaa.com/video/soccer-w...qualizer-pk-win-ncaa-womens-soccer-tournament

Hannah Harms with such a smart play to earn that corner out of nothing. But then she also had to chase down a ball with the clock ticking away.

Also, credit to Olivia Gellar for the way she handled the PK session. Confident and having fun to get into the UNC players' heads.

 

[JogginFrog]

Too bad LSU couldn't get the win over Vanderbilt and given TCU the home game for the quarterfinals.

Too bad for the fans--but the Frogs seemed to have played their best soccer on the road.

 

[Frognosticator]

Who are we playing next?

 

[Morado Muerte]

Who are we playing next?

Vandy

 

[neutral observer]

Uh rah!