SAN ANGELO – Ouachita Baptist's Morgan Pitchford scored on a free kick from 20 yards out in double overtime for a 2-1 win over Angelo State on Saturday at the ASU Soccer Field.
"There are no excuses for this loss today and I expect more from our team in the future," ASU head coach
Travis McCorkle said. "They were a team that battled us throughout, but we should have won."
Selena Alvarez scored on an unassisted goal in the 17 minutes into the second half to tie the game after Pitchford had scored on a corner kick 20 minutes into the game. The Rambelles survived three shots on goal in the first overtime, but a free kick in the second overtime gave the left-footed kicker the opportunity to go upper net for the win.
The Rambelles return to action at 4 p.m. on Sunday against Wayland Baptist.
"The silver lining today was that we did a good job competing in the air," McCorkle said. "We have a game tomorrow and we have to come back and get a better performance from our entire team than we did today."
Box Score
Angelo State (0-1-1) outshot OBU 14-5 in the game, including having nine shots in the first half.
Dani Edwards and
Shantel Wittke split time in goal with Wittke starting and playing the first half and Edwards playing the second half and both overtimes. OBU improved to 2-0-0 on the season with the win.
ASU senior
Maggie Schaffer led the team with four shots on goal and six total shots, while
Katie Squires had three shots. Alvarez's goal was the second in her career after she also scored one last season as a freshman. Pitchford, who scored on her only two shots, scored four goals last season for the Lions.
The Rambelles, who were 2-1 in overtime games last season, have gone into extra time in their first two games this season after opening the season with a 1-1 result on Thursday at New Mexico Highlands.
