RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's soccer team dropped its season finale 2-0 to the Tarleton State Texans on Saturday at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
UTRGV (3-12-3, 1-7-3 Western Athletic Conference) freshman keeper
Emma Lööv made three saves. Tarleton (6-9-3, 2-7-2 WAC) got goals from
Avery Harr and
Jenaya Brown, while keeper
Mikayla Kendall recorded four saves.
The match was tightly contested and very defensive. It was scoreless at half and saw just four shots taken in the opening 45 minutes. Tarleton held a slim 3-1 advantage in shots, but UTRGV's defense and a pair of first half saves from Lööv kept the sheet clean despite the Texans also getting five corner kicks. Freshman defender
Rosey Bjorgvinsdottir put UTRGV's only shot on goal in the competitive first half.
Sophomore defender
Nadia Colon sparked the Vaqueros. She was tough on defense and took two good shots in the second half as she used her speed to get UTRGV charging up the pitch. Sophomore forward
Amy Hislop sent a shot on goal in the 68
th minute, but Kendall responded with a great kick-away save.
Tarleton came out aggressive in the second half, using defense to help it maintain possession and apply pressure in its offensive third. The effort paid off in the 58
th minute as Harr's goal gave the Texans a 1-0 advantage. Tarleton continued to hustle and extended the lead to 2-0 in the 75
th minute off Brown's goal.
UTRGV fought until the final whistle. Following a corner kick, freshman midfielder
Alaina Granger put a shot on goal, but Kendall came up with the save. Colon, Hislop, redshirt junior midfielder
Cami Dade and senior forward
Jeweleen Reuille were among the Vaqueros challenging the Texans and trying to get UTRGV on the board. Senior midfielder
Ana Recarte-Pacheco and sophomore defender
Libby Beilfuss also turned in commendable minutes.
Ultimately, Tarleton outshot UTRGV 8-6, including 5-4 with shots on goal, and earned seven corners to the Vaqueros' three.
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