Wrapping up October Update on the Pitch…

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Fire News Snapshots:

8/31/2024 Truett-McConnell

Women's Soccer 8/31/2024 11:16:00 PM Christopher Myers Women’s Soccer Battles to a Draw Box Score LAKELAND, Fla. – Despite controlling the action for the majority of the afternoon, the Fire settled for a 1-1 tie against No. 14 Truett-McConnell University in a hot and humid home opener. Truett-McConnell took the lead off a penalty-kick from Ashley Johnson at the 8:32 mark in the first half. After peppering 14 shots toward the visitors' net over the opening 45 minutes, Rebecca Laface and Madelyn Davidson teamed up to assist Katie Carnes on the game-tying goal at 63:49. The Fire (1-0-1) controlled the action in the final 26 minutes of the game by holding the Bears to a single shot, but they could not find the back of the net and the win. Carnes and her teammates out-shot Truett-McConnell by a 19-5 margin for the game. SEU also finished with a 10-3 corner kick advantage. Goalie Madison Songer saved one of the two shots on goal she faced in 90 minutes as the SEU defense kept the ball out of the home end of the field. The Fire hit the road for a tough match-up against No. 4 University of Tennessee Southern on Friday, September 6. The action is scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. EDT. Print Friendly Version Players Mentioned #3 Katie Carnes F 5' 2" Junior #8 Madelyn Davidson M 5' 5" Sophomore #1 Madison Songer G 5' 7" Freshman #18 Rebecca Laface M 5' 4" Graduate Student

9/18/2024 Keiser

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | 9/18/2024 9:54:00 PM | Christopher Myers Gritty Fire Fall to #2 Seahawks LAKELAND, Fla. – Southeastern University tied the game with just over seven minutes left, only to see No. 2 Keiser University answer with two goals in less than two minutes for a 4-3 women's soccer final at the SEU Soccer Complex. Down 1-0, SEU's Makayla Peddycoart volleyed a cross from Katie Carnes, and tipped the ball past the goalie and off the crossbar to tie the game at one. Following a Keiser goal in the early second half to go ahead, 2-1, Rebecca Laface received a redirected cross from Madelyn Davidson, which she put just over the goalkeeper into the far right netting at 81:28 to tie the game at two. However, the game would not be tied for long, as the Seahawks scored a pair of goals over the next 1:49 to take a 4-2 lead. Davidson pulled the Fire back to within a goal with 86:22 elapsed as she was left alone and bounced it off the inside of the right post to cut the deficit to one. The home team couldn't find the equalizer in the last three-plus minutes before the game ended. With the loss, SEU falls to 1-4-1 and 0-2 in The Sun Conference. Keiser stays on top of the conference (5-0, 2-0). The Fire's four defeats have all come at the hands of ranked opponents, including two of the top three squads in the nation. "I feel like we finally looked more like ourselves tonight," said head coach, Caleb Roberts. "We were more crisp and I thought the girls worked extremely hard. It's been a tough start to the season, but tonight proved were getting back on track." The Fire return to the SEU Soccer Complex on Saturday afternoon when they host No. 17 SCAD. Kickoff is 2:00 p.m..

10/5/2024 at New College of Florida

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | 10/5/2024 10:30:00 PM | Christopher Myers Davidson Leads Fire Past Mighty Banyans LAKELAND, Fla. – Madelyn Davidson powered in a pair of goals to lead Southeastern University past New College of Florida, 2-1, in Sun Conference play on Saturday evening. Tied at 1-1 with less than six minutes left in the match. Davidson capitalized on a consistent Fire attack on the Mighty Banyans and booted the game-winner at the 84:19 mark. The SEU defense held New College without a shot the rest of the way to seal the victory. The win was the second straight for the Fire, who improved to 3-5-1 (2-3 SUN) in the first-ever meeting with the Mighty Banyans, who fell to 2-5-1 (0-5-1 SUN). SEU outshot the home team by a wide margin of 28-6 and 16-6 in shots on goal. Ella Sebree saved five New College shots of the six she faced for the game. Along with the game-winner, Davidson netted the match's first goal midway through the opening half and had five total shots on goal for the match. Ariadna Lozano placed three balls on the net, while Olivia Thomassy and Rebecca Laface had two apiece. New College tied the contest right before half with a score coming at 43:24. The Fire aims to avenge an earlier loss in their next match on Wednesday night, Oct. 12. SEU takes on No. 14 SCAD-Savannah in a 7 p.m. contest.

10/16/2024 St. Thomas

Women's Soccer 10/16/2024 10:20:00 PM Christopher Myers Davidson, Stingy Defense Power Fire Past St. Thomas Box Score LAKELAND, Fla. – Madelyn Davidson scored two goals and the Southeastern University defense helped the Fire to a 2-1 victory over visiting St. Thomas University in women's soccer action tonight. After an opening Bobcat shot on goal was stopped less than four minutes into the action, Davidson took a Rebecca Laface pass and bounced a shot off the goalie and into the open net at 4:51 for an SEU lead they didn't give up. The Fire defense and goalie Ella Sebree fended off three additional first half shots on goal to hold the 1-0 advantage going into halftime. On the third shot of the second half, Davidson drove home a beautiful volley touch off of an Ariadna Lozano cross for a 2-0 margin (52:52). St. Thomas cut the margin in half at 72:12, but it did not get another shot off in the final 18 minutes. SEU improves to 4-5-1 on the year and an even 3-3 in The Sun Conference after their third win in a row. St. Thomas (4-2-4/2-2-1) lost it's third straight to SEU and is winless in the series in the last 14 meetings between the two teams. Sebree turned away five of the six shots she faced on goal in 90 minutes in net, including a spectacular save late in the first half to preserve the lead. Davidson fired off five shots, four on goals, with two finding the back of the net. She has now scored the last four goals for the Fire. Along with her assist, Laface added a shot on goal and Makayla Peddycoart had the final Fire shot on goal. SEU has a week off before returning to action next Wednesday, October 23, in a 12 p.m. match against No. 2 Keiser University in West Palm Beach. Print Friendly Version Players Mentioned #8 Madelyn Davidson M 5' 5" Sophomore #34 Ariadna Lozano MD 5' 6" Sophomore #23 Makayla Peddycoart M 5' 7" Senior #18 Rebecca Laface M 5' 4" Graduate Student #0 Ella Sebree GK 5' 8" Junior 3rd Year

10/26/2024 Warner (FL)

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | 10/26/2024 7:31:00 PM | Christopher Myers Fire Start and Finish Strong, Top Royals LAKELAND, Fla. – After Warner University tied the match in the second half, Southeastern University's Izzy Tomlin put the Fire on top to stay, as the Fire beat the Royals, 3-2, in Sun Conference women's soccer action on Saturday afternoon. With the visiting Royals tying the contest, 2-2, at 71:15, the Fire regrouped and saw both Madelyn Davidson and Gaia Iacuzzi put balls on the net, which were saved at 74:19 and 79:40. Davidson took another pair of shots with the second on goal and was credited with the assist six second later at 82:14 on Tomlin's game-winning blast. Warner made a final charge with four shots, but SEU goalie Ella Sebree turned away the one that made its way to the net over the final 3:33 and sealed the win. The Fire improve to 5-6-1 and completed the season sweep of the rival Royals (3-9-1). SEU won the Oct. 2 match-up in Lake Wales, 3-0. Along with the assist on the Tomlin goal, her first collegiate score, Davidson netted the day's first goal. Iacuzzi posted the second SEU goal, while Katie Carnes and Danielle Vogel assisted on the opening pair. Sebree stopped a total of four Warner shots on goal over the 90-minute match. Davidson deposited Carnes pass into the Warner goal for a 1-0 lead at 20:33. Less than 12 minutes later, Iacuzzi made it a 2-0 tally off Vogel's helper. Jillian Johnson accounted for both of the Warner goals coming at 63:44 and 71:15 to tie the match, 2-2. SEU takes to the road for its next time on the pitch on Wednesday afternoon. The Fire play at Webber International in a 3:30 p.m. start.

SnoValley Journal Writer Updates:

Want to lead things off this morning on the soccer pitch and it was another bang-up day yesterday on the women's side for Carnation's Madelyn Davidson. "Mad Dog" scored a goal and assisted on what turned out to be the game-winner for her Southeastern University squad as they rallied for a 3-2 win over league rival Warner at home in Lakeland, FL. Davidson, a junior, is a Cedarcrest High School grad and the goal was her eighth on the season. That assist was on a goal by teammate Izzy Tomlin in the 83rd minute which was her first of the season. Davidson finished having played 83 minutes recording seven shots, four on goal, with that goal and helper, way to go Mad Dog! Also playing this week in college action on the pitch on the women's side was Davidson's fellow Cedarcrest alum Sidra Griffin, from Duvall, who played twice for Linfield, and on the men's side, Mount Si High School alums Evan Bleyer (Pacific-OR), Sullivan Smith (Northwest Nazarene) and Zach Ramsey (UW) all played as did Cedarcrest grad Paul Lopez (St. Martin's). Bleyer is from Snoqualmie, Smith and Ramsey are from Fall City and Lopez is from Duvall. None had significant stats of note in their game action this past week. from: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12Cqvk4WGja/