Jessica Farrer took off on a breakaway opportunity with a chance to put Navarre in front of Pace on the scoreboard. Then the defense closed in and robbed her of that chance.

Two minutes later, when Farrer was presented with another shot at scoring, she capitalized, and it proved to be the difference in a season-opening win over the Patriots.

Navarre will be well-represented in the NCAA Division I women’s soccer tournament.

Three former Raiders are on teams playing in the postseason, with two squaring off against each other in the opening round as Emily Madril and Florida State will take on Hailey Bastian and South Alabama.

Emilia Collins was getting set for a bonus lift in the bench press Thursday afternoon when head coach Garrett Bagley called for her teammates to come over and watch Collins in action.

It wasn’t going to count in her final tally. The Navarre standout hit 265 for her final actual bench press.

Silence filled the Navarre locker room late Friday night. Coaches and players tried to lift each other’s spirits in the wake of arguably the most difficult defeat of the season.

Losing hurts. Losing a rivalry game hurts even more.

In a span of four minutes on Friday night, Navarre flipped the script and revived the once-fading pulse of its playoff hopes.

First Derek Percivalle blocked a punt attempt in the end zone for a safety. Then, a couple of minutes later, EJ Love scored the first varsity touchdown of his career.