SAN ANGELO, Texas – Following 110 minutes of back and forth action, the Angelo State women's soccer team was eliminated from the Lone Star Conference Tournament at the hands of Midwestern State who won the penalty shootout 3-2 to advance to the final site in Dallas.
 
The Rambelles move to 13-3-3 following the tie that saw the Mustangs (8-8-2) advance to the Lone Star Conference Tournament semi-finals on penalty kicks.
 
90 MINUTE RUNDOWN

• The Rambelles left the gates with their foot on the gas pedal, Valerie Solis took a shot in the second minute forcing a save from Lexi Jackson, the Mustangs goalkeeper.
• Solis would then deliver a picture-perfect cross that found the head of Katelin Heise who brought the Belles ahead 1-0 in the fifth minute.
• The momentum would then swing in the Mustangs favor as they were on the front foot for the good part of the next 20 minutes.
• Their momentum would be capped off with a goal coming off a set piece of their own, a corner this time.
• Madison Stokes would register one more shot for the Belles as the teams headed into the half tied 1-1.
• Stokes would open the second frame with a shot forcing another save out of Jackson in the 54^th minute.
• Senna Garcia for MSU would receive the first of three yellow cards handed out in the contest in the 56^th minute.
• The Belles would take three more shots before Cindy Rodrigues found the breakthrough in the 72^nd minute off a Grace Jordan assist.
• Libby Welker and MSU's Olivia Okoye would be shown yellow cards in succession in the 85^th minute.
• Okoye would take matters into her own hands, tying the match in the 87^th minute, bringing the teams to overtime.
• Both teams would register two shots in the first 10 minutes of overtime, none testing the goalkeepers.
• Rodriguez, Solis, and Urbany would all take shots, but none would hit the target as the match would move to penalty kicks.
• The Belles fell behind early but had things tied up 2-2 after Mia Czarnecki and Abby James beat Jackson and Kira Miller made a save.
• Jackson was clutch for the Mustangs and made two consecutive saves to end the shootout 3-2 in favor of MSU who advances to the semi-finals of the LSC tournament to face off with West Texas A&M.

 
GAME NOTES

• Heise and Rodriguez both scored their fourth goals of the season in the 2-2 draw that saw the Mustangs advance on penalty kicks.
• Solis recorded her fifth assist and now sits tied for fourth most in the LSC this season.
• The Rambelles would register 18 shots, seven on goal in the 110 minutes of field play, outshooting the Mustangs who recorded 10 shots, four on target.
• The Belles would again break their season record, earning eight corner kicks in the match.
• This is the second time in recent history the Belles have been knocked out the LSC tournament on PKs as they were also eliminated in the 2019 season by Lubbock Christian.

 
COACHES TAKE
"We have the win in one hand, we can't clear it out and the girl hits it on a rope to the far post then we go to penalties and penalties are penalties," said Rambelles Head Coach Travis McCorkle. "We picked the players we thought had done well during training. A couple opportunities for us to get the win. We should be in (the NCAA Tournament), but there is always some way we could be out. We will find out Monday evening around six. Right now we need to focus back on our training, and hope that can help us get over this loss and be ready to compete in the NCAA tournament."
 
NEXT UP
The Rambelles await the NCAA selection show to see if they make it into the South Central regional of the NCAA DII women's soccer tournament. Six teams make it into the South Central regional and the Belles were last ranked number three in the region.