LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Texas State soccer team dominated the stat lines but were unable to find the back of the net as it played to a 0-0 draw Friday night at Little Rock at the Coleman Sports Complex. It is the third consecutive tie in the all-time series between the teams.
 
With the result, the Bobcats are now 4-4-2 overall and 0-1-1 in the Sun Belt Conference while the Trojans are 3-5-4 on the season with a 0-1-2 mark in conference play.
 
The teams felt each other out as the first shot of the contest came midway through the 11th minute from Mackenzie Smith. Her attempt went by the outside left post.
 
Hannah Solano put the first shot on goal late in the 16th minute. The sophomore's crack at goal saw LR's goalkeeper make a diving stop at the bottom left corner.
 
Nearly halfway through the 56th minute, Kaylee Davis beat a Trojan defender to a long ball. The Allen, Texas native juked out another LR player to give her an opening on goal. She sent her shot to the near post were the keeper smothered the ball to keep it scoreless.
 
The Bobcat defense held the Trojans without a shot until the 70th minute when Astros Luckas sent an attempt wide of the near post.
 
Smith had a good look from just outside the six-yard box but the ball deflected off a defender for a corner kick.
 
Only 35 seconds into the first overtime, Ally Kewish unleashed a shot just inside the 18-yard box. The ball had to be pushed past the near post by the goalkeeper for a corner kick and extend the match. Kewish followed with 25 seconds left in the extra period from the far side, but the ball buzzed the wrong side of the near post.
 
Kamaria Williams placed her lone attempt of the match in the 102nd minute on frame that was right at the keeper.
 
The final two minutes of the contest saw LR put more pressure on the Texas State defense. Morgan Smocovich took a long, high arching shot in the 109th minute that saw Heather Martin leapt and tip the ball over the crossbar. The Trojans kept the ball in their attacking half of the field the rest of the match as the Bobcat defenders kept them from getting another shot off the rest of the way.
 
TXST led in shots (12-5), shots on goal (4-1) and corner kicks (12-2) in the match. Both Davis and Smith led all players with three shots each.
 
Martin needed to make just one save on the night. It was her second shutout of the season to give her 17 in her career to take over second place in Bobcat history.
 
The weekend in the Natural State concludes on Sunday against Arkansas State at 1 p.m.
 
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