Texas snatches away soccer win
After a scoreless first half, Missouri took the lead until Texas scored two quick goals.
Published Oct. 26, 2008
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Senior forward Ashley Hamblin slide tackles Texas senior defender Jill Gilbeau during MU's 2-1 loss Sunday at Walton Stadium. With the loss to Longhorns, the Tigers fell to a record of 12-5 (6-3).
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Texas forward Emily Anderson fights for the ball with senior defender Kat Tarr. The Tigers scored first, but the Longhorns tallied two goals in the final 15 minutes of the game.
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Texas goalkeeper Dianna Pfenninger reacts after giving up a goal to junior forward Kristin Andrighetto, front, as sophomore forward Alysha Bonnick looks on. Andrighetto scored the lone goal for the Tigers, who fell to No. 10 Texas, 2-1.
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Senior midfielder Mo Redmond heads the ball over Texas midfielder Lucy Keith and forward Stephanie Gibson during Sunday's game at Walton Stadium. The Tigers outshot the Longhorns 20-15 but Texas won, 2-1.
After 76 minutes of Sunday’s match between No. 16 Missouri and No. 10 Texas, the Tigers, holding a 1-0 advantage, seemed poised to win their fourth game in a row and to step closer into conference championship contention.
But, on a windy day at Walton Stadium, two quick goals by the Longhorns blew Missouri’s victory away into a 2-1 defeat.
“Hats off to Texas,” said coach Bryan Blitz, whose team fell to 12-5-0 (6-3 in the Big 12). “They found a way to win. They fought hard. That’s athletics. Sometimes it goes your way and other times it doesn’t.”
The two Longhorn goals, coming just more than seven minutes apart, made an active ending in a game featuring a physical Missouri defense and no scoring until ten minutes into the second half.
“We like to come out and impose our will upon teams and get them on their heels,” senior defender Janelle Cordia said.
Initially, Missouri had trouble keeping the ball out of their own zone and getting shots on the Texas goal.
But, as time went on, the Tigers slowly gained traction over the Longhorn defense while getting more scoring opportunities.
“This game was basically a four quarter game,” Blitz said. “In the first quarter, Texas did a good job dictating. In the second quarter we came back and were strong.”
While Missouri held the lead, the team held an 8-3 advantage in fouls, indicating how physical their defensive attack was.
“Once we got our game going, we kept it going and didn’t let them play much of their game,” junior midfielder Kristin Andrighetto said.
On the other side of the ball, though, the Tigers couldn’t push a goal across either. The two teams ended up tied with seven shots each at the end of the half.
The scoreless tie was broken at the 56th minute mark by Andrighetto who, amidst heavy traffic in front of the net, punched in a goal.
“That was a scramble in there,” Andrighetto said. “It was scrappy goal, but we take what we can get.”
It was Andrighetto’s seventh goal of the season while sophomore forward Alysha Bonnick picked up the assist.
Missouri held that 1-0 advantage deep into the second half until Texas senior defender Kasey Moore floated a shot past the Tigers’ lunging junior goalkeeper Tasha Dittamore to tie it up at 1-1.
A few minutes later, Longhorn freshman midfielder Lucy Keith added the game-winner and completed the comeback. The Tigers came up on the losing end despite outshooting Texas 13-8 in the second half.
“They were just a little bit more efficient with their chances,” Blitz said of Texas.
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