COMMERCE – Tarleton State Soccer notched its second-straight victory with a 1-0 victory against Texas A&M-Commerce on Sunday night at the Lions Soccer Field.
The Texans (3-1-3) earned their second victory in three days, handing the Lions (1-3-1) their first home loss of the season. A two-hour weather delay caused a four hour game from start to finish, the longest this season for either team.
Stevie Reynolds recorded her second goal in as many games to increase her Texan total to two as well. Adelaide Wyrzynski was active taking three shots with a pair landing on goal.
Goalkeeper Mikayla Kendall had to earn all six of her saves for her second solo shutout and fourth total shutout of the season. Kendall thwarted many Lions chances along with her defense keeping the Lions scoreless throughout the 90 minutes.
The game started at 7 p.m. and lasted 10 minutes and 12 seconds before play was halted due to lightning in the area. After a 42-minute delay, the weather had cleared and teams started to warm up to resume play. Split seconds before the match was set to restart, lightning was in the area again and play was delayed for a second time. After a total delay of two hours, play resumed just past 9:15 p.m. local time.
Neither team was able to push anything across in the first half. The Lions out-shot the Texans, 10-2 with a 4-1 advantage on goal. Wyrzynski had the best Texan chance of the first half in the final five minutes. A diving Lions keeper kept the game deadlocked at zero.
The Texans struck first less than two minutes into the second half. Reynolds found a loose ball that snuck away from the goalie out in front of the goal and deposited it in the back of the net for her second goal of the season.
Less than 15 minutes later, the Lions had their best scoring chance of the match at that point, when a Lion attacker fired a point-blank shot at Kendall at the corner of the post. Kendall deflected it out preserving the Texans 1-0 lead.
The Lions nearly tied the game in the final minute. The Commerce attacker hit the far-left post and it bounced away, the final Lion attempt at breaking the tie.
Tarleton will return home for a Thursday night contest against Oral Roberts at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ and as always admission is free to the Tarleton Soccer Complex.
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