COMMERCE– The Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer team scored a 2-1 win over Eastern New Mexico on Sunday. After falling behind in the fourth minute, the Lions scored goals in the seventh and the 65th minutes to win the match. It was a Senior Day celebration as the Lions honored seniors Sophie Haywood and Raven Porter.
 
The win brings the Lions to 10-3-3 on the season and 6-3-1 in the Lone Star Conference. A&M-Commerce is now tied for second place in the LSC with two matches remaining. The Greyhounds fall to 3-8-5 and 2-5-3 in conference play.
 
The Lions will play their final two matches of the regular season on the road next week. A&M-Commerce will next face UT Permian Basin on Friday at 4 p.m. The match will be played at the UTPB Soccer Field in Odessa.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- On senior day, senior Sophie Haywood scored the game-winning goal in the 65th minute. It was her 11th career goal and her seventh game-winning goal.
- Michelle Kotlik scored the game-tying goal in the seventh minute, giving her four goals on the year. She scored on a header off of a corner kick assist from Kara Blasingame.
- Caitlin Duty had six saves in the match.
- Sabrina Munguia had four shots on goal. Haywood, Kotlik and Leslie Campuzano each had two shots on goal. Jessika Coronado and Katie Givens also each had a shot on goal.
- The Lions had 12 shots on goal in the match while the Lion defense held ENMU to just seven shots on goal.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Greyhounds struck early in the match, scoring a goal in the fourth minute. A shot came in from the right and snuck just inside the left post. ENMU held a 1-0 lead.
 
After a shot from Jessika Coronado was saved and knocked out of bounds, the Lions had a corner kick in the seventh minute. Blasingame struck the ball toward the goal and Kotlik outleapt the Greyhound defense and headed the ball into the net, tying the score at 1.
 
Duty made a save in the 11th minute as ENMU tried to regain the lead. Kotlik had another shot on goal, but this shot was saved in the 21st minute. Munguia also had a chance to score in the 24th minute. Sliding past the goalkeeper, she took a shot but an ENMU defender was inside the goal and blocked the shot.
 
Haywood and Munguia each had shots on goal in the 29th minute as the Lion attack kept coming. The Greyhounds looked to respond with shots on goal in the 34th and 35th minutes. Duty was there to save both shots. Duty made another save in the 38th minute and the match was tied 1-1 at halftime.
 
The Greyhounds had an early shot on goal in the second half that was saved by Duty. Munguia had a shot on goal in the 52nd minute while Campuzano had a shot saved in the 62nd minute.
 
The Lions took the lead in the 65th minute off of the foot of Haywood. She netted her eighth goal of the season to give the Lions a 2-1 lead.
 
The Lions looked for another goal to provide breathing room but could not find the net on multiple occasions. Munguia continued the attack, having several shots blocked inside the box. The Lions also had a goal nullified because of an offside penalty.
 
Campuzano had a shot on goal in the 83rd minute while Munguia just missed on a goal with a saved shot in the 87th minute. ENMU had one final opportunity with 11 seconds to play but a shot was saved by Duty and the Lions left with the one-goal win.