TCU Falls At No. 1 Florida State

Thursday, August 22

Tallahassee, Fla.

6 p.m.

TCU

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Florida State

1-0-0, 0-0-0

TCU

Florida St.

TCU Falls At No. 1 Florida State

8/22/2019 9:53:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Five freshmen make collegiate debut

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –A goal in each half paved the way for No. 1 Florida State as TCU dropped its season-opener by a 2-0 tally on Thursday night at Seminole Soccer Complex.

The Rundown
TCU earned the match's first chance in the 14^thminute after a foul set up a set piece for the Horned Frogs. Yazmeen Ryan played the ball into the 18-yard box and Ariana Owens feed was on target, but Gracie Brian's header went just wide of the goal.

Just over three minutes later, the Seminoles took advantage of their own set piece to take a 1-0 lead. Deyna Castellanos' pass was fired into the upper right corner by Heather Payne for the lead.

Messiah Bright attempted to get the game level in 24^thminute, but her shot from right of the goal was corralled.

Florida State struck for an early second half goal, picking up a 2-0 lead in the 58^thminute on a long shot off the foot of Castellanos from about 28 yards out.

Emily Alvarado made a trio of stops in the half to keep it close, but the Seminole defense limited the Frogs to just one shot in the half.

Stat of the Game
5 – Five freshmen (Grace Collins, Michelle Slater, Gracie Brian, McKenna Saul and Laney Peabody) made their collegiate debuts.

Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
Takeaways from the game
"I think when you have the opportunity to play one of the best teams in the country, there are a lot of different things we can take away from it. The level of ability to keep the ball, the tactile stuff and the overall effort that they showed was impressive. Hopefully we can take these lessons that we've learned and talk about it. We'll figure out what we need to do to be better and hopefully that propels us to have a better result on Sunday."

On the group
"We've got some good players. It's tough to play a team like this the first time out when you are still trying to figure things out, but that's college soccer. If we can stay healthy and continue to fine tune stuff, I like our chances later on in the season."

Game assessment
"As I told them, we did some good things in spurts. Now we have to be able to that on a consistent basis. They showed me the ability to do it right and now it's about being consistent and doing it all the time.

Notes
• TCU fell to 14-19-1 all-time in season-openers and 4-8-1 in road tilts.
• The Horned Frogs are now 3-4-1 in season-openers under the guidance of Eric Bell.
• Grace Collins, Michelle Slater and Gracie Brian each made their first career starts.
• Emily Alvarado made her first career season-opener start.
• Yazmeen Ryan, Tijana Duricek and Brandi Peterson played the entirety of the match.

Next
The Horned Frogs (0-1) will stay on the road and travel to Birmingham, Ala. for a Sunday afternoon tilt at UAB. Game time is set for 1 p.m.