(1) Florida State (16-4-2) defeated Loyola (IL) (11-7-1) by a 1-0 score tonight in Tallahassee in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Game Recap
Florida State and Loyola play a similar style. Both teams try to employ a possession style of soccer. The key to the game would be which team would be able to impose their will on the other by dominating midfield and maintaining possession.
Due to the injury sustained by keeper Brooke Bollinger in the ACC Championship game she was replaced in the starting lineup by Caroline Jeffers. Bollinger dressed and is listed as day to day but she would not play in the game.