{"id":283319,"date":"2026-05-25T04:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283319\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T04:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:25:21","slug":"sporting-jax-womens-team-falls-in-gainbridge-super-league-playoff-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283319\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting JAX women\u2019s team falls in Gainbridge Super League playoff opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sporting JAX logo (Sporting JAX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Sporting JAX made history in its inaugural season, but the wait for a playoff win will continue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Carolina Ascent made a goal six minutes in stand up to deny host Sporting JAX in a 1-0 game at Hodges Stadium in the Gainbridge Super League women\u2019s playoff semifinals on Sunday night. The Ascent moves on to the championship match, while Sporting JAX enters the offseason celebrating a historic first season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Mackenzie George scored the only goal on a close range shot for Carolina. It marked Ascent\u2019s second win over Sporting JAX in as many games. Carolina beat the local team 3-1 in the regular season finale on May 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Sporting JAX was far more aggressive throughout the match, outshooting Carolina 17-10 and more than doubling the Ascent on corners (nine to four). But Sporting JAX couldn\u2019t get anything to fall. It finished its first season with a 16-8-5 record. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorJustin Barney headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/YZYINYEDP5DTPJQ7HZSUC3AOWM\/\" title=\"View Justin Barney&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Barney<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Justin Barney joined News4Jax in February 2019, but he\u2019s been covering sports on the First Coast for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sporting JAX logo (Sporting JAX) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Sporting JAX made history in its inaugural season, but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,24315,1631],"class_list":["post-283319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sporting-jax","tag-sports4jax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}