Box Score MARSHALL, Texas – Taking one of the best teams in the American Southwest Conference down to the wire, the East Texas Baptist University women's soccer team dropped a heartbreaker to rival University of Texas-Tyler, 1-0. UT-Tyler scored in the 71st minute to give ETBU their first ASC conference loss of the season. UT-Tyler improves to 5-2 overall on the season and 3-2 in the ASC. ETBU drops to 3-2-3 on the year overall, and 1-1-1 in ASC play.
In a game that featured the entire first half scoreless and most of the second half, ETBU and UT-Tyler battled for all 90 minutes. Brittany Matthews scored off an assist from Vanessa Rangel midway through the second half to give UT-Tyler the only goal of the game. ETBU had chances down the stretch to knot the game at 1-1, but came up short in the end.
UT-Tyler had 11 shots being on goal while five shots for ETBU were on goal. Matthews led UT-Tyler with six shots, three shots on goal, and the only goal on the night. Emily Hurley was awarded the win tonight for UT-Tyler as she recorded five saves on the night.
Kendall Vogt led ETBU with two shots and two shots on goal. Emilee Laxson, Shannon Jones, and Amber Campbell each had one shot and one shot on goal for ETBU. Lexy Montgomery received the loss tonight in goal for ETBU as she recorded seven saves.
Head coach Erik Solberg had this to say on tonight's match, “Obviously losing is never fun, but I am super pleased with the way our girls executed our game plan. Unfortunately we made one series of mistakes that led to the UT-Tyler goal and cost us a result in the match tonight. I am still very proud of the way the ladies competed for 90 minutes against a very good team, and am pleased with the chances and opportunities we were able to create. We will continue to grow and learn from our mistakes, but overall I am pleased with the way our team fought tonight.”
ETBU returns to action against the University of the Ozarks on Saturday October 1st for a 5:00 p.m. kickoff. The match will precede the men's soccer matches for both schools.
