UCF vs Rice Women's Soccer

The University of Central Florida women's soccer team fell to the visiting Rice Owls 2-1 in the second overtime period of Friday night's game at the UCF Soccer Complex.
The game was the fourth consecutive one the Knights played in overtime, and the fifth out of the last six.
UCF's record now stands at 8-4-3 overall and 3-2-2 in Conference USA play.
8 minutes into the second half, Rice's Erin Scott broke through the Knights' defense. UCF's redshirt freshman keeper Aline Reis came out of the box to defend, but tripped and Scott easily flipped the ball over her for the score. The goal was the first Rice has scored against UCF.
"After being down a goal, we played a lot better," said Knights Head Coach Amanda Cromwell, and the statistics support that statement. "We outshot 'em 16-2," she said.
It was indeed all UCF for the second half, with those 16 shots seemingly non-stop against Rice. The Owls, however, managed to get a defender between the ball and the net on each shot.
The Knights finally capitalized on the several opportunities Rice handed them when, in the 89th minute, junior Brianna Schooley, playing at midfield as part of several changes and substitutions UCF made, passed to senior Danielle Dos Santos. Dos Santos' shot was blocked by Rice keeper Meghan Erkel, but it rebounded right back to Dos Santos who fired it into the net to tie the game at 1-1.
The first of the "golden goal" overtime periods was again dominated by UCF, but the Knights were unable to finish.
"We've been working on shooting and finishing. It's just a little lack of composure," said Cromwell.
Rice only got one shot in overtime, but it was enough. In the 106th minute, Scott sent a shot spinning towards Reis from about 20 yards out. After a wild bounce, it bypassed Reis and crossed the goal line to end the game, stunning UCF players, coaches, and fans. The Rice players themselves were a little late to celebrate as well.
"I'm kinda shocked," said Cromwell soon after the final whistle, "because that goal was kind of like 'What happened? Did we actually just lose that game?'"
Cromwell and the Knights had hoped to run the Conference-USA table before the C-USA championship in Houston in November. "It's gonna be tough [to win C-USA]. We're not in control of our destiny."
UCF's last home game of the season is Oct. 24 vs. SMU at 7 p.m. at the UCF Soccer Complex.