Florida State beats BYU in penalty shootout for NCAA women’s soccer title

Florida State won the NCAA women’s soccer national championship, beating BYU 4-3 in penalty kicks.

• Yujie Zhao’s shot is good and FSU wins, 4-3.
• Olivia Wade’s shot is good for BYU. Tied 3-3.
• Jaelin Howell’s shot is good for FSU. FSU leads 3-2.
• Bella Folino’s shot is saved by FSU goalkeeper Cristina Roque. Still tied 2-2.
• Gabby Carle’s shot is saved by BYU goalkeeper Cassidy Smith.
• Brecken Mozingo’s shot is good for BYU. Tied 2-2
• Heather Payne’s shot is good. FSU leads 2-1
• BYU’s Jamie Shepherd’s shot is saved.
• FSU’s Clara Robbins makes her penalty kick. Tied 1-1
• BYU’s Mikayla Colohan makes her penalty kick. BYU leads 1-0.
• The national championship game is headed to a penalty kick shootout.

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• 2OT: Good save by BYU’s Cassidy Smith to preserve the clean sheet.

• 2OT: Florida State is looking fresher than BYU in overtime.

• BYU and FSU are heading to the second 10-minute overtime period. If the teams are still tied after the second overtime period, the game goes to a penalty kick shootout.
• 4’ 1OT: Christina Roque saves a BYU shot on goal.

• We’re headed to overtime to decide the national championship. BYU and FSU will play two 10-minute halves, with the first goal scored by either team winning the game.

• 89’: A great save from BYU goalkeeper Cassidy Smith, then BYU defender Grace Johnson blocks FSU’s follow-up shot with her head.
• 80’: A shot from BYU’s Jamie Shepherd’s is just high.

• 68’: FSU’s Jody Brown fires a shot from close range, but it hits the side of the net.

• 46’: The second half is underway. Mikayla Colohan is back on the field for BYU.
• BYU head coach Jennifer Rockwood said in a halftime interview with ESPNU that Mikayla Colohan will try and give it a go in the second half.

• Halftime: BYU 0, Florida State 0
• 32’: A collision between BYU’s Mikayla Colohan, BYU’s leading scorer, gets carried off the after a collision with Jaelin Howell. Howell gets a yellow card.

• 30’: The Cougars have one of their best chances of the night, dribbling into the box, but a nice tackle from Emily Madril breaks up the chance.

• Florida State had a few chances early, taking two shots, but the Seminoles couldn’t convert.
• Here are the starting lineups for both teams

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