SAN ANGELO, Texas - The Angelo State women's soccer team advances to the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference tournament after a 3-0 victory vs Texas A&M International.
The Rambelles improved to 9-6-4 on the season and now sit 7-2-3 in Lone Star Conference play. The Dustdevils season ends at 8-5-5 overall and 6-3-3 in conference action.
The first shot of the game came from
Mariah Griffin in the ninth minute when a kick from the left side of the box found the TAMIU goalkeeper Fabiana Solano to give her first save of the night.
In the 18th minute, the Rambelles would get on the board behind a
Madison Maxey goal, her 4th of the year, tied for the team lead.
Mia Czarnecki would get through some traffic on the right flank and find an awaiting
Madison Maxey for her fifth assist of the year.
Just right before half,
Mariah Griffin broke free on the right flank to make room for a cross into the box, where it bounced off the TAMIU goalkeeper, right to
Grace Jordan, where she would get her third goal in three straight games and her fourth of the year.
In the 61rst minute,
Mariah Griffin would bring one up the ball on the right flank and find herself in a one-on-one situation where she would be able to create space and drill a shot into the back of the net to give the Rambelles a 3-0 lead with about 30 minutes remaining and just out of reach for the Dustdevils.
The Rambelles would shoot the Dustdevils 16 to five with ten on goal for the Rambelles compared to just three for the Dustdevils.
Amber Lockwood would be great between the sticks once again, recording three saves and helping record the team's tenth shutout of the year.
The Rambelles will face St. Mary's in the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference tournament on Friday, Nov.10th, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
From Head Coach Travis McCorkle: "Our game plan was really good going into it; unfortunately for Texas International, they play against DBU on Friday; they are chasing the game the whole way, and they lose 5-0. They have to drive home, and then they have to come out to us. We knew they were going to be tired we had to press and take advantage for ourselves, and we did a great job. I think you saw them drop off in the last 10-15 minutes of the first half. In the second half, you just see they are spent, and it's done. I'm really happy to see our players get in some players that are fighting for minutes come in and still get a shutout. It is good to see Casey come in and make a really important save to keep the shutout intact. Some players are really starting to peak at the right time, and that is a really good thing for us hopefully, now we can go to DBU and give St. Mary's a better game than we did last time."
