COMMERCE – A first half goal by the Midwestern State Mustangs on a cool Wednesday night at the Lion Soccer Field was the difference in the 1-0 loss for the Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer team.
Midwestern State jumped out to the lead in the 32
nd minute on a goal by Randi Heaton. Alyssa Salinas took a corner kick to Alyssa Salinas, who headed it towards Heaton, who had a soft touch on the ball before it went into the net.
The loss drops the Lions to a record of 5-6-2 on the season and 3-4-1 in the Lone Star Conference with five matches left in the regular season. The Mustangs improve to 7-3-3 overall and 4-1-3 in LSC matches.
The Lions had just one shot in the first half, that went off target by
Karalie Morrison (North Richland Hills – Colleyville Heritage).
No shots were taken by either team through the first 30 minutes. The Mustangs had four shots in the last 10 minutes: one went in the back of the net and two were saved by
Lauren Banning (Pflugerville).
Banning started her first match of the season in goal. She made three saves in the match, playing all 90 minutes.
The Lions had two corner kicks in the first half, but were not able to get a shot on target from either attempt.
Cora Welch opened up the second half with a shot that went just wide, the Lions' second in the match.
Leslie Campuzano (Garland – Lakeview Centennial) took a shot that was saved by MSU's Lauren Freeman.
McKenna Keeley (Frisco – Memorial) took a header on goal less than a minute later, which was also saved by Freeman, who only saw those two shots on goal.
A&M-Commerce had seven corners in the match, compared to three for Midwestern State. In the second half,
Mindy Shoffit (Wichita Falls) took a header off a corner from Morrison that was saved by Freeman.
Hailey Griffin (Trophy Club – Byron Nelson) had the best scoring chance for the Lions in the last 15 minutes. A long kick by
Kara Blasingame (Oswego, Ill.) was headed in by Griffin just wide of the goal.
The Lions were led by Keeley and Campuzano, who both had two shots in the match. The duo had the only two shots on goal for A&M-Commerce.
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A&M-Commerce is back on the road to face St. Edward's on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Lions return to the Lion Soccer Field to host St. Mary's next Wednesday at 3 p.m. That match is part of the "It's on US" day on campus.
