By Bright House Sports Network, Staff Report

A Webber International University freshman and former Winter Haven soccer star is fighting for her life after a growth on a heart valve created by a staph infection broke away, traveled to her brain and caused a massive stroke.

Bailee Kent, 18, is in critical condition at Tampa General Hospital. The bacteria that infected her heart valve broke off and traveled in her blood stream to her brain before doctors could operate on her heart. Kent now needs a new heart valve and could be forced to undergo brain surgery.

A Facebook page called “TeamBK6” has been created, with more than 1,400 member joining to offer support and encouragement to Kent and her family. more

Laura Weinberg, Katie Stengle , and Gilda Doria were selected as 2010 Florida Girls Soccer High School Players of the Year and are now meeting in the 2011 NCAA Womens Soccer Championship Tournament in the Semi Final Game on December 2nd.

Katie Stengle played for Viera High school was the 2010 5A Player of the Year now leads Wake Forest and the ACC in scoring and was voted 2011 ACC Offensive Player of the Year.

Laura Weinberg and Gilda Doria both start for the Duke Blue Devils. Weinberg played for St. Andrews and was the 2010 3A Florida Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Doria played for Kings and was the 2010 2A Florida Girls Soccer Player of the Year.

Box Score

CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Senior midfielder Denisse Soltero scored the lone goal for the Ospreys as the University of North Florida women’s soccer team lost their first game of the season, 3-1, at Western Carolina Thursday night. Two second-half goals for the Catamounts put the game out of reach as UNF couldn’t manage a comeback in their first road game of the year.

“We faced a very fast, athletic team tonight,” Head Coach Linda Hamilton said. “They brought a lot of pressure and I think we were overwhelmed at times.”

WCU got the scoring started in the 17th minute, when junior Samantha Hodge threaded a pass between two Osprey defenders to find junior Laura Greb, who was able to put away the chance from about ten yards. Greb’s goal was the first score given up by UNF sophomore goalkeeper Megan Dorsey in over 200 minutes of play.

The Ospreys were able to even the match in the 35th minute on a free kick from just outside the right edge of the penalty box. After senior midfielder Vladana Petricevic fired a free kick off the crossbar, Soltero was able to latch onto the rebound and finish the job, tying the game at 1-1.

Although UNF had multiple chances in the final minutes of the first half, they could only find the post and the teams went into the break stuck at 1-1. more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Ninth-ranked Florida State (2-1-0) used an early first half goal by Kassey Kallman and held off a pesky New Mexico (1-1-1) squad to win its eighth straight home opener, 1-0, Friday night at the Seminole Soccer Complex.

“It’s another game where I thought we had some decent chances but our attack still isn’t good enough,” said head coach Mark Krikorian. “We are trying to possess the ball and keep the ball but there is a fine line between over passing the ball and being dangerous and we are still trying to figure everything out.

“It is good that we got a hard fought win, but I don’t think that anyone on this Florida State team is satisfied with the performance today.”

Florida State and New Mexico struggled to find an offensive attack all evening long as both teams finished the game with nine shots a piece. The Lobos went into halftime with a 4-2 advantage in shots but the Seminoles made the most of their first half shots scoring on their first attempt of the evening.

The lone goal of the game came in the 10th minute of play as the Garnet and Gold took advantage of an early throw-in inside their offensive third. Jessica Price threw a perfect pass into the box where Kallman flicked the ball inside the near post from about 12 yards out for her first goal of the season.

The assist for Price was her second of the season and second game-winning assist on the year. The game-winner for Kallman was the second of her career. more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An early goal from junior Danielle Faller (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabeth Area HS) in the 14th minute and 12 saves from senior keeper Stephanie Powers (Seffner, Fla./Armwood HS) helped the FGCU women’s soccer team start its two-game road swing through North Carolina with 2-0 win over reigning Atlantic 10 regular season champion Charlotte on Friday night in front of 1,057 fans at Transamerica Field.

The 12 saves are a career-high for Powers, who had never made more than eight stops in a game. Powers’ 20th career shutout helped the Eagles improve to 2-1 heading into Sunday’s 1 p.m. game at Davidson, who tied Georgetown, 2-2, on Friday to move to 1-0-1.

The game was the 49ers’ third straight against an A-Sun foe to open the season, as they defeated Jacksonville (2-0) and tied UNF (0-0).

“Tonight was a quality win over a very good opponent,” said head coach Jim Blankenship. “It was a great team effort and I’m proud of everyone for picking up the slack with a pair of starters out. I was extremely impressed with how some of our newcomers stepped up and our veteran leadership was terrific. This was a great way to bounce back from a tough loss.”

One of those veterans, Faller, got the Green and Blue on the board at the 13:43 mark with her second career goal. FGCU gained possession in the midfield and found Faller just outside the center of the goal box. The Elizabeth, Pa. native then turned and fired a shot to the upper 90 of the left corner for the 1-0 lead.

Armed with a one-goal lead (1-0), the FGCU defense allowed the 49ers to take shots from long distance, but stopped any runs from entering the goal box, resulting in a commanding 30-14 shot advantage for the home team. more