Cowgirls Fall In Double Overtime To Florida State

Friday, August 29

Stillwater, Okla.

7:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

0-3-0

Florida State

3-0-0

OT 1

OT 2

Florida State

Oklahoma State

August 29, 2014 | Cowgirl Soccer

Box Score

Aug. 29, 2014

Final Stats

STILLWATER, Okla. -- Oklahoma State's upset bid against No. 2 Florida State fell short as the Seminoles escaped with a 2-1 win in double overtime Friday night at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex.

Rosa Medina recorded a career-high 13 saves, which tied for the fourth-highest single-game total in OSU history, while Miriam Rhinehart notched her first-career goal in the loss as OSU fell to 0-3-0 on the season.

FSU (3-0-0) owned a decided advantage in shots at 38-5, and Emma Koivisto's goal in the 116^th minute gave the Seminoles the win.

"We knew coming into the game that for us to have any chance to win, they were going to outshoot us handily like they did last year, they were going to have the majority of the possession -- which they did. We talked about Rosa (Medina) having to make five or six big saves -- she did. We talked about them having to miss four or five chances -- they did," said OSU head coach Colin Carmichael. "All those things fell into place and then we talked about that one goal probably wouldn't be enough against a team that good. We probably had five or six looks, you've got to bury two.

"We can't complain. We're disappointed that we lost, but we're happy that we were able to play them tough because they're clearly one of the best teams in the country."

OSU would get on the scoreboard first. In the 33^rd minute, Courtney Dike and Rhinehart had a two-on-one opportunity against an FSU defender, and Dike delivered a pass that Rhinehart drilled to the far post from eight-yards out to put the Cowgirls up, 1-0.

The Cowgirls took the lead into intermission despite being outshot by an 11-2 margin.

The second half would be more of the same as OSU tried to thwart a relentless attack by the Seminoles, and the Cowgirls were able to do so thanks in large part to Medina, who had nine saves on 21 FSU shots in the second half.

One of those highlight-reel saves came off a 20-yard free kick in the 72^nd minute when a leaping Medina snared the shot of Marta Bakowska-Mathews. Just over four minutes later, the Cowgirls' senior keeper made another tremendous save when she redirected an Isabella Schmid shot over the cross bar.

"(Medina) was phenomenal -- Florida State must hate her at this point because she did the same last year against them," Carmichael said. "She did great and when you consider the mistake she made against Oklahoma, it shows the character and the toughness that kid has to come back and have a performance like that; it was quite impressive."

The Noles would finally manage the equalizer in the 81^st minute when after Kristin Grubka's shot was blocked, Dagny Brynjarsdottir was there for the rebound and putback to make it 1-1.

OSU managed just three shots after intermission, and the best of those came in the first overtime when Dike had a shot blocked by a Florida State defender in the 98^th minute.

"We need to work on our finishing, but we're getting chances," Rhinehart said. "We need to find the back of the net more often. Rosa (Medina) made tons of really good saves... it's heartbreaking when she did all that work and we can't finish off the game for her."

FSU notched the game-winner with 4:36 remaining in the second overtime when Megan Campbell launched a long throw in from the near sideline that found Koivisto, who delivered a goal from six-yards out.

The Cowgirls return to action Sunday at 1 p.m. when they host No. 5 Florida.

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