By Wes Bloomquist  ||  wes.bloomquist@angelo.edu

SAN ANGELO – The No. 11-ranked Angelo State soccer team opened Lone Star Conference play with a scoreless draw against Midwestern State on Friday at the ASU Soccer Complex despite owning a 15-6 shot advantage in the battle between last season's conference co-champions.

The Rambelles (6-0-1, 0-0-1 LSC) were led offensively by Sierra Anderson and Selena Alvarez who had three shots each, while Brittany Martinez made two great clearing plays for the ASU defense and Shantel Wittke recorded four saves in 110 minutes in goal against the Mustangs (4-0-4, 0-0-1 LSC).

"I thought we played really well defensively and did a good job of winning the ball and pushing forward," ASU head coach Travis McCorkle said. "The problem for us came in the final third where we weren't able to find the right pass to finish for a goal. It's hard to play good attacking soccer when the other team is playing with eight backs. I thought they played deep to not allow any goals and we needed to do a better job with the chances we had."

The scoreless draw in front of 645 fans who came out for the first night game in ASU history breaks up a six-game winning streak by ASU and also stops string of four or more goals scored in those six games. The Rambelles put continuous pressure on the Mustangs in the overtime sessions with three shots in the first overtime and then four in the second session. Alvarez and Anderson each had strong opportunities that went wide, while Haley Mendel just missed on a header opportunity on a cross.

MSU put only one shot on goal in the two overtimes after having three shots in the first half. Destinee Williamson led the Mustangs with two shots on goal and Courtney Burnette recorded three saves in a complete-game effort in goal.

"It was a high-intensity game," Martinez said. "You always know when you play Midwestern that you have to play hard and smart for the entire game. I think we did a good job defensively and stayed focused on not allowing them to score."

Mendel and Jenny Kotowych each finished the game with two shots each for ASU and Caitlyn Conaway, Ashley Exford, Kathleen Keoughan and Cynthia Andrews each had one shot. The draw gives ASU and MSU each one point in the conference standings.

Through the first seven games of the season, ASU is still outscoring its opponents 28-3 and the Rambelles are now 4-0-1 at home this season. ASU returns to action at 1 p.m. on Sunday with a non-conference game against UTPB before hosting Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman's next weekend at the ASU Soccer Complex.