The Lady Buffs had mixed results during their first home weekend of the season when they beat Midwestern State on Sept. 23 in overtime before losing to Abilene Christian on the 25th.
“I feel good about [the season]. We had a big win on Friday, then we had to lift the team and come play what’s now considered the best team in the region.,” head coach Chad Webb said. “If we didn’t give them two goals, we’d still be playing right now,”On Friday, WTAMU had to work hard from the very first minute as both teams attacked the ball.
The Lady Mustangs made the first move, scoring a little over 17 minutes into the game.
However, WT’s Jessie Thomas shot back to tie the game from the corner with 9:32 left in the first half.
The second half was full of action, but it would take overtime to see another ball in a net. After an uneventful first half of sudden death overtime, Melissa Carnero scored the game-winning goal only two minutes into the second half of OT.
Sunday was a different story as the Lady Buffs faced off against the No. 8-ranked Abilene Christian. It took 20 minutes of hard play, but ACU found the Lady Buffs’ net for the first time 20 minutes into the game.
The Lady Buffs never gave up, but once again the Wildcats found the net with a little more than six minutes left in the game, taking the score to 2-0. That would be the final goal of the game, keeping Abilene undefeated and dropping WT to 5-4 on the season.
“[The game] didn’t go our way. We had shots, we just didn’t make opportunities,” midfielder Becky Peth said.
The Lady Buffs return to action on Sept. 30 in San Angelo against Angelo State University. Their next home game is set for Oct. 14.
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