SAN ANGELO, Texas – The Angelo State women's soccer team improved to 2-0 in Lone Star Conference play Saturday afternoon after beating Oklahoma Christian 3-0 for their fifth consecutive victory.
The Rambelles improve to now 7-0-1 on the season and 2-0-0 in LSC play. The Eagles fall below .500 at 2-3-2, 0-2 in the conference.
90 MINUTE RUNDOWN
- The Eagles and Belles would trade shots in the first twenty minutes, with both teams missing the goal high.
- Valerie Solis would force the first save of the contest in the 26th minute.
- The dynamic duo of Grace Jordan and Reagan Urbany connected again for the opening goal of the contest in the 28th minute, with Jordan scoring a header off Urbany's cross.
- The Eagles would be shown their first yellow card of the contest in the 28th minute, just seconds after the game got back underway.
- The Belles would have two more shots to end the half, the Eagles would have one, missing top right.
- A 50th-minute yellow card for Oklahoma Christian would be the first action of note to start the second period.
- Katelin Heise would double the Belles lead in the 57th minute, courtesy of a cross into the box from Cindy Rodriguez.
- Kira Miller made her first and only save of the contest in the 60th minute. Miller was very active all game, thwarting threats before they could unravel.
- Pure effort and hustle would find the Belles the third and final goal in the 89th minute as Breanne Bittick threaded a ball to Madison Maxey who scored with only eight seconds remaining.
GAME NOTES
- The Belles have scored three goals in three games this season, each having three different goal scorers.
- Jordan netted her team-leading fourth goal of the campaign, tied for 7th most in the LSC.
- Rodriguez added assist number three of the season (tied for third-most in the LSC) while Urbany added her second assist for her eighth point of 2022.
- Maxey scored her second goal of the season, the fifth of her career.
- The Belles scored first for the eighth consecutive game, bringing them to their best start since the 10-0 season in 2020.
COACHES TAKE
"I thought the first half was still a bit hesitant, we didn't play bad but our passing was still a little bit under hit, lacking confidence," said Belles Head Coach
Travis McCorkle. "We were keeping the ball much better in the second half, we handled the pressure, the wind change, and the girls did a really good job of picking the right time to posses the ball and make the other team chase, to make them tired, that really helped us see out the last ten minutes. We are getting better, there are still some headers we can clean up to eliminate some more chances. Overall pleased with the defense and the way we finished the game."
NEXT UP
The Belles with play at home Wednesday, Sept. 21
st at 7 p.m. against St. Mary's before hitting the road for a matchup with Eastern New Mexico on Saturday, slated for a 1 p.m. (CST) kickoff.