Soccer crushes St. Edward’s in spring action, 6-0
AUSTIN, Texas – On Friday night time in spring action at Mike A. Myers Stadium, a brace by freshman midfielder Jilly Shimkin and solitary plans from freshman midfielder Lexi Missimo, senior forward Mackenzie McFarland, junior forward Teni Akindoju and freshman forward Holly Ward driven Texas soccer (4-) to a commanding 6- victory about St. Edward’s.
Therefore much this spring in excess of 4 matches, Missimo and Shimkin guide the way stat-clever for Texas with four aims apiece. Freshman ahead Trinity Byars and McFarland every single have two, while junior ahead Sydney Nobles, freshman defender EmJ Cox, Ward and Akindoju have all scored the moment in the course of the spring campaign.
Texas received right to perform from the opening kick, applying a swarming protection to wrest early control of the contest in excess of the opening 10 minutes.
With St. Edward’s beneath duress at the 10:10 mark, McFarland nabbed a unfastened ball off a turnover and fired a shot reduced off the write-up and into aim for a 1- advantage.
It took just 1:44 for the Longhorns to double their gain as Shimkin tallied her initial of the match. On a deflected ball off a Hilltoppers participant, senior defender Cameron Brooks played a pass to Shimkin. The Penn Point out transfer wasted no time turning and blasting a curling effort and hard work into the higher 90 to make it 2-.
In the course of the 18th moment, Texas senior midfielder Emma Regan took possession and dribbled her way via midfield right before passing to Missimo. The Southlake, Texas, solution before long drove a 25-lawn energy into the twine to increase the gap to 3-.
Texas would insert a single far more prior to halftime at the 27:14 mark to consider a 4- edge into the locker space as Akindoju scored on her to start with contact of the match off a centering go by junior forward Sydney Nobles.
Just 2:39 out of the split, Missimo gained an guide as her cross from the suitable wing was settled and scored by Ward to make it 5-.
The gain was finalized at 6- with 38:22 still left in regulation right after Texas offensive tension resulted in consecutive photographs from Byars and Ward. Off the latter’s exertion, the ball at some point bounced to Shimkin who drove a remaining-footed hard work into the corner for her second objective of the match.
Texas 2022 Spring Soccer Schedule
Sat., March 5 at Texas State TEXAS, 3-
Thurs., April 7 TIGRES UANL FEMENIL TEXAS, 3-2
Sat., April 9 HOUSTON TEXAS, 4-
Fri., April 22 ST. EDWARD’S TEXAS, 6-
Sunlight., April 24 UTSA 2:30 p.m. CT – Myers Stadium
