WACO, Texas – Despite an early goal, the Texas State soccer team dropped its exhibition match against No. 14 Baylor 2-1 Saturday night at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
Early in the fourth minute,
Kaylee Davis sent in a cross from the left side. The ball bounced over
Mackenzie Smith but went right to
Ally Kewish, who slotted the ball past the goalkeeper into the lower left corner of the net.
The first crack on goal for the Bears came in the 10 minute from distance that one-hopped into the hands
Heather Martin for her first save in the contest.
Baylor had back-to-back chances in the 22nd minute. The first attempt was stopped by
Genesis Turman and Martin fell on the follow-up attempt.
In the early portion of the 24th minute, Maddie Algya received a cross on the right-side and sent the ball just out of the reach of Martin to tie the match 1-1.
The Bobcats nearly went in front in the 51st minute when Davis sent in a cross from the right side of the box. On the other end of the cross inside the box was
Kalen Sanderfer. Her attempt, however, attempt went high over the bar.
Davis had her second attempt on net in the 82nd minute. The ball took a slight deflection off a Bear defender into the outside side netting for a corner kick.
Kiara Gonzales saw the ball come to her on the ensuring corner kick with her attempt going slightly wide of the left post.
Three minutes later, Davis won a loose ball near midfield and took it into the box. Her crack at goal did not have enough on it to beat the keeper.
A corner kick with just under three minutes to play ended with Michaela Gorman heading in the ball to give Baylor a late 2-1 advantage.
The regular season begins on Friday with a 7 p.m. contest against Incarnate Word at the Bobcat Soccer Complex.
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