COMMERCE– The Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer team got a 3-0 win over Angelo State on Friday night. The Lions scored their first goal in the sixth minute of the match and scored two more in the second half.
 
The win brings the Lions to 7-2-2 on the season and 3-2-0 in the Lone Star Conference. ASU falls to 6-2-1 and 3-1-1 in conference play.
 
The Lions will conclude their five-game home stand with a match against LSC opponent UT Permian Basin on Sunday. The game will be played at noon at the Lion Soccer Field.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Michelle Kotlik scored the game-winning goal in the sixth minute. Sophie Haywood crossed in a ball from the right and Kotlik found the net for her third goal of the year.
- Sabrina Munguia scored her fourth goal of the season in the 70th minute. She received a pass from Jessika Coronado and found space for a shot that found the goal.
- Sophie Haywood scored her sixth goal of the season in the 80th minute. On a corner kick from Leslie Campuzano, Haywood stuck out her foot and directed the ball into the net.
- The Lions had two other shots go off the cross bar for near goals. The Lions had 12 shots on goal, double the shots on goal of ASU.
- Campuzano had all four of her shots go on goal, Haywood had three shots on goal, Munguia and Kotlik both had two shots on goal and Delaney Bunselmeyer and Katie Givens also had a shot on goal.
- Caitlin Duty posted her fifth shut out of the season. She had six saves on the day.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions got on the board early in the match. In the sixth minute, Haywood made a move and found some space. She crossed the ball toward the net and it found the head of Kotlik, who directed the ball into the net. The Lions took a quick 1-0 lead.
 
Campuzano had two shots on goal for the Lions in the early part of the match but both were saved. In the 20th minute, Rylie Robertson had a shot go off the cross bar and bounce away, keeping the match close. Campuzano had another shot on goal in the 20th minute and again in the 27th minute that were both saved. Haywood had a shot on goal late in the half that was saved and the Lions took a 1-0 lead into the half after Duty made a save in the final minute.
 
Duty made a save in the early seconds of the second half as ASU looked to get back into the game. However, the Lions were the ones who found space in the ASU defense. Kotlik and Haywood both had shots on goal that were saved early.
 
After a couple of ASU shots were off the mark, the Lions found their second goal. Munguia received a pass from Coronado and slipped past her defender to take a shot from right to left that found its way past the ASU goalie.
 
The Lions had another chance in the 79th minute as Tori Smith had a header that went off the crossbar. However it was kicked out of bounds and the Lions took a corner kick. Campuzano directed the ball toward the net and Haywood poked the ball in with her foot to give the Lions their third goal of the match.
 
Munguia had another shot at a goal late in the match but the shot went just off the finger tips of the goalkeeper and off the cross bar before getting kicked away. The Lion defense held true and the Lions won the game in a shutout.