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Game Recap: Soccer | | NM State Media Relations

Aggies Can’t Contain Lumberjacks as They Fall 2-1

McNeese retakes the team lead in goals with her fifth

Match Ten

 NM State (4-3-3, 1-1-2 WAC) vs. Stephen F. Austin (3-7-1, 2-2-0 WAC)

 Sunday, Sep. 25 | 12:00 p.m MT | SFA Soccer Field | Nacogdoches, Texas

 Final: NM State 1, SFA 2

Box Score

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - NM State women's soccer was back in action Sunday afternoon still fresh off their win against UTRGV Friday. Today they took on Stephen F. Austin for their second road game of the weekend and fourth conference matchup of the year. 

The Lumberjacks possessed the ball the majority of the first half and were not going to let Aggie defenders intimidate them. They scored a goal 13 minutes into the match and added another late score in the 85-minute to secure the 2-1 victory over the Aggies. 

NM State looked to have a chance to tie the game in the final seconds of the match when Gia Valenti got a good look to the left side of the Aggies offensive half. She took a shot that looked good off the leg, but ended up hitting the top crossbar, allowing the lumberjacks to clear the ball, and let time to expire. 

Scoring Summary

13' | The Lumberjacks were aggressive early pushing the ball into the Aggies half of the field. Six of their ten first half shots came in the opening 15 minutes of the game. Jayme Bailey took one of those shots off a pass from Morgan Donohue and perfectly placed it into the upper left corner of the net, just past the reach of Makenna Gottschalk. This gave the Lumberjacks the early 1-0 lead. 

73' | The Aggies struggling to find good shooting lanes throughout the match but started to get better looks in the second half. Brooke Schultz passed a ball out to Bianca Chacon who sent a cross into the box hoping to find a teammate and found the head of Loma McNeese who knocked the ball past the goalkeeper for the game-tying score. 

85' | Following a Thalia Chaverria foul, the Lumberjacks were set up with a free kick just outside the goal box. Reaganne Crane took the shot off the free kick and found the net after the ball seemed to deflect off an Aggie defender. This goal would prove to be the game winner for SFA.  

Performances / Stats of Note

  • Loma McNeese recorded her team leading fifth goal of the season and has now scored a goal in back-to-back games for the first time in her career. 
  • Bianca Chacon assisted McNeese on the goal - that's Chacon's second assist of the season and second of her career.
  • Brooke Schultz also recorded her second assist of the season and third of her career.  
  • Makenna Gottschalk recorded a new season high in saves with seven. Her previous high was six which came in the season opener against Oregon (8/18).
  • NM State took a season high 20 shots with six of them on target. 
  • Additionally, the Aggies tied a season high allowing 21 shots to the Lumberjacks throughout the game - Texas A&M is the only other team this season to take more than 20 shots on the Aggies. 


Next Up

The Aggies will head back home this week as they get set to take on Tarleton Friday (9/30) and Abilene Christian on Sunday (10/2). The Aggies will have one more home match the following week before hitting the road for the final four games of the regular season. 

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