No. 17 Women's Soccer Falls to Tennessee in NCAA First Round

Saturday, November 11

Cincinnati, Ohio

4 PM

Xavier University

6-0-414-4-4; BE

Tennessee

3-4-39-6-4; SEC

Tennessee

Xavier

No. 17 Women's Soccer Falls to Tennessee in NCAA First Round

11.11.23 | Women's Soccer

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Musketeers wrap up the season at 14-4-4

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - No. 17 Xavier women's soccer wrapped up the season on Saturday afternoon, falling 1-0 to Tennessee in double overtime at Corcoran Field in the NCAA Championship First Round.

Xavier's offense kept pressure on the Volunteer defense for the entire match, outshooting Tennessee 14-4 in the first half and 17-6 in the second, with 10 shots on goal in the regulation, but Tennessee goalkeeper Ally Zazzara collected all ten on the way to a program-record 15 saves to keep the Musketeers off the board and force two 10-minute overtime periods.

Xavier again held the advantage in the first overtime, outshooting UT 5-0 with three looks on frame, but couldn't find the back of the net. Early in the second overtime, after a scrum in front of the net, Tennessee' lone shot in overtime went in for the 1-0 lead.

Xavier finished with five shots in the second overtime but couldn't find the equalizer to set the final score at 1-0 in favor of Tennessee.

Xavier finishes the season at 14-4-4 overall.

SCORING RECAP

101' | TENNESSEE | UT's Sizzy Lawton scored from Kameron Simmonds to give the Vols a 1-0 lead

NOTABLE

Xavier finished with a 41-11 on shots, the second most shots in a single match in program history.
Among those shots were 15 shots on-goal, tied for the most this season, leading the Vols 15-2 on looks on frame.
Regan Dancer had a career-high seven shots. Ella Rogers set a new career-best with six and Emma Flick matched her career-high with six shots.
Xavier's at-large bid was the third in program history, and marked the Musketeers' sixth trip to the NCAA Tournament (1998, 2000, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023).
The 4-seed is Xavier's best seeding in program history and marks the second time Xavier has earned the right to host, also hosting in 2021. The Musketeers were also included in the NCAA Soccer Committee's Top 16 midseason ranking, coming in at No. 13 based on matches through Oct. 17.
Xavier won a share of the BIG EAST Regular Season title and the No. 1 seed to the tournament, The Musketeers advanced to the BIG EAST Tournament title match, finishing runners-up. Xavier earned a bye to the semifinals and advanced to the Championship with a win over Providence before falling to No. 2 seed Georgetown in the final.