The No. 7 UCF women’s soccer team clinched the American Athletic Conference regular season title after playing USF to a 1-1 double overtime draw on Friday night at the UCF Soccer Stadium.<\/p>\n
“I was actually really nervous for this game, because I want it so badly for this team and the seniors,” UCF head coach\u00a0Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak\u00a0said. “I am so proud of the senior class. Watching them be happy is the best thing for me. I wanted this so badly for them tonight. It is just so sweet. I am proud to see them celebrating. They know that we are not done yet. We are not done yet at all. We made a lot of goals this season and they got that done.”<\/p>\n
UCF (12-1-2, 7-0-2 The American) entered the match with a one-point lead in the American Athletic Conference standings. The Knights would clinch the regular season title, and the right to host the conference tournament, with a victory or a draw.<\/p>\n
The Knights fell behind less than a minute before halftime when USF (11-3-1, 7-1-1 The American) converted a penalty kick.<\/p>\n
Feeding off the energy of the crowd \u2013 a season-best 1,410, the Knights began their rally in the second half. In the 58th minute, senior\u00a0Morgan Ferrara\u00a0found freshman\u00a0Dina Orschmann\u00a0in the box, setting up the equalizer.<\/p>\n
Junior\u00a0Vera Varis\u00a0came up with two saves in both overtime periods to keep it a tie game. After 110 minutes, the teams remained locked at 1-1, leading to the draw.<\/p>\n
UCF and USF will each earn three points in the\u00a0War on I4\u00a0rivalry series. The Bulls now lead 9-3.<\/p>\n
UCF captured its fourth title in The American.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Knights kept it rolling.<\/strong><\/p>\n NEXT UP<\/strong> BECOME A PART OF THE WATCH<\/strong>
\nUCF will host the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championship beginning Nov. 1. The Knights return to action on Nov. 3 and will face the winner of the 4-5 matchup at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nMembership to Knights Watch, the official supporters group of UCF Soccer, begins at $15 for students and $50 for fans. Packages include tickets to all home contests for men’s and women’s soccer, a Knights Watch T-Shirt, a soccer scarf and a variety of free catered tailgates.re<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 7 UCF women’s soccer team clinched the American Athletic Conference regular season title after playing USF to a 1-1 double overtime draw on Friday night at the UCF Soccer Stadium. “I was actually really nervous for this game, because I want it so badly for this team and the seniors,” UCF head coach\u00a0Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak\u00a0said. “I am so…","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":79397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[9805,5208],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-79395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-american-athletic-conference","tag-womens-soccer"],"yoast_head":"\n