#4 Tigers Knock Off #1 UCF in AAC Championship Semi-Final

Thursday, November 3

Orlando, Fla.

6 p.m.

University of Memphis

8-5-5, 3-2-3

#1 UCF

9-2-5, 7-0-1

Memphis

UCF

Photo by: American Athletic Conference/Conor Kvatek

#4 Tigers Knock Off #1 UCF in AAC Championship Semi-Final

Nov 03, 2022 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

ORLANDO, Fla. – Playing in their seventh consecutive AAC Championship Semi-Final match, the Tigers and Knights would play to a draw after 110 minutes, but Memphis would secure their spot in the Championship match on Sunday afternoon after advancing on a 6-5 advantage in penalty kicks.

Sunday's Championship match will be the second consecutive one that the Tigers have played in.

KEY MOMENTS

UCF would get on the board in the first half after a goal from Anna Henderson put the Knights up 1-0.
The Tigers would get their equalizer goal in the 62' when Peyton Felton sent a ball into the box and found the head of Lilly Huber who connected with the back of the net.
After playing scoreless through the remainder of the second half, Memphis and UCF played 20 minutes of overtime where neither team was able to get past Claire Wyville and her counterpart Caroline DeLisle.
In penalty kicks, Momo Nakao, Eef Kerkhof, Lilly Huber, Anne-Valerie Seto and Mya Jones would all connect. Following a miss from UCF, Zoe May would go one-on-one against DeLisle and send the Tigers to Sunday's match to lift Memphis 6-5 over UCF.

NOTABLES

Wyville made two saves during regulation and overtime.
Memphis won the battle on corner kicks 7-3.

UP NEXT

The Tigers will take on #6 SMU in the AAC Championship Finals. Kick-off is scheduled for 12 p.m. CT in Orlando, Fla. Coverage of the match can be found on ESPNEWS.

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