EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's soccer team fell to the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners 3-0 on Sunday at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
Vaqueros (2-7-3, 0-3-0 WAC) goalkeeper and sophomore Harlingen South alum
Erica Gonzalez (1-5-2, 0-2-0 WAC) made five saves over the first 80 minutes of the match to keep it scoreless.
In the 81
st minute, however,
Alexa Orrante went down on a scoring attempt in the box and then buried the ensuing penalty kick to give the Roadrunners (4-6-2, 2-0-1 WAC) a 1-0 lead.
The Roadrunners scored twice quickly in the 86
th minute, first on a laser shot off a steal at the top of the box to the upper left corner by
Madi Giammona, and then on long passes from goalkeeper
Tori Ornela (4-6-2, 2-0-1 WAC) to
Coral Lake to
Aminah Settles to complete the scoring.
Ornela made two saves for the shutout.
The Roadrunners outshot the Vaqueros 18-7, including 8-2 on goal.
The Vaqueros are back in action on Friday at 9 p.m. when they visit defending WAC Champion Seattle U.
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