Lynn Women’s Soccer Can’t Keep Up with Barry

The 38th women’s soccer meeting between Lynn University and No. 21 Barry University started off as a close match between rivals but ended in a 5-1 loss for the Fighting Knights. Kirstie Schults was able to score her team-leading fourth goal of the season. Lynn drops to 3-5-0 overall and 0-2-0 in the Sunshine State Conference.

A heated rivalry which began in 1986, the Blue & White looked poised for their 14th win in the all-time series. Schults shocked the crowd at Buccaneer Field in the ninth minute of play when she was able to muscle her way past a Barry defender and beat keeper Becca Rogers to the left post on a one-on-one breakaway.

Lynn withstood a barrage of first half shots by Barry (4-1-1, 1-0-0 SSC) as Caitlin Shaver turned away all four shots on frame from 18 total attempts. But a Bucs goal three minutes into the second half opened the scoring floodgates.

Barry would go on to find the back of the net five times in the second half in the 48th, 60th, 63rd, 65th and 83rd minutes, and end the game with a 37-9 shot advantage. Shaver stopped seven shots before being replaced by Katie Nimitz, who earned three saves herself.