Soccer Loses Tight One

September 26, 2007

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Southwestern Oklahoma State University played one of its best soccer games of the season and put a scare into visiting Midwestern State University before eventually falling 2-1 Wednesday in Weatherford.

The Bulldogs carried a 1-0 lead into the game’s 71st minute before the Mustangs answered with a pair of goals in a 13-minute span to earn the hard-fought win. The loss was SWOSU’s 11th in as many games while MSU improved to 5-1-2 overall and 2-1 in Lone Star Conference play.

SWOSU’s Robin Reidle scored the game’s first goal in the 49th minute when she headed home a perfectly timed cross by teammate Elyse Berta. Reidle’s goal was her third of the season. She has scored three of SWOSU’s four goals this year.

MSU tied it at 1-1 when Ashli Smith scored after a give-and-go play with teammate Kendra Clemmons. The Mustangs went ahead for good when Brandy O’Neal scored taking a loose ball in front of the goal and blasting it into the net in the 84th minute.

MSU ended the game with 21 shots, seven of which were on goal. SWOSU answered with eight shots, three of which were on goal. The eight shot attempts for the Bulldogs have only been bettered one other time in the team’s last seven games.

SWOSU’s next game will be at home Friday, Oct. 5 against Texas A&M-Commerce, a team they beat last year for the first time when Jamie Hilterbran scored on a penalty kick in the game’s 84th minute.