Two goals within the first 13 minutes by host Midwestern State led the Mustangs to a 3-1 win over Texas A&M University-Commerce win in Lone Star Conference action on Friday night.
Midwestern State (8-2-2 overall and 4-1 LSC) capitalized on an early clearing attempt in the fifith minute and added an additional tally in the 13th minute on a Brandy O’Neal to take a 2-0 lead.
A&M-C (7-8 overall and 3-3 LSC) sophomore Lacy Alexander collected the ball in the front of the box and found the back of the net in the 26th minute, scoring her second goal of the season to trim the Midwestern State lead to 2-1. The Mustangs added a third and final goal in the first 45 minutes when Ashli Smith scored on a cross from the right wing for the final margin.
In the loss, A&M-C goalkeeper Jennifer Alvarado made seven saves in 90 minutes of action. The host Mustangs out shot the Lions, 18-to-12, in the win as 11-different players recorded a shot.
A&M-C will have its final homestand on the return home for its next two matches when they host Eastern New Mexico, next Friday, at 3 pm and West Texas A&M, next Sunday, at 1 pm at the A&M-C Soccer Complex.
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In a closely contested match, it was a penalty kick in the 80th minute that led visiting Texas Woman’s to a 2-1 victory over host A&M-C in a Wednesday afternoon match at the A&M-C Soccer Complex.
The loss is the second straight for A&M-C, who fall to 7-7 overall and 3-2 in the LSC. Texas Woman’s wins its second-straight match to raise its record to 5-8-1 overall and 2-3 in the LSC.
Texas Woman’s Chastity Hayter and Taylor Bullock exchanged passes in the sixth minute to the visiting Pioneers in front 1-0.
A&M-C answered when sophomore Meagan Lasley capitalized on a breakaway, beating the Texas Woman’s goalkeeper with a shot to the lower left post to tie the game at one in the 27th minute.
Hayter nearly had her second goal of the contest in the 67th minute when her shot hit the right post. Texas Woman’s scored the go-ahead and eventual game-winning goal when Theresa Sanches converted a penalty kick in the 80th minute.
In the final seconds of the match, A&M-C atte