LAFAYETTE, La. – With less than a minute remaining in the match, Olivia Wright scored on a breakaway to give the Texas State soccer team (10-2-2, 4-1-1 Sun Belt) at 2-1 victory Sunday afternoon over Louisiana (1-7-5, 0-4-2 Sun Belt) at the Home Bank Soccer/Track Complex. Madi Goss netted the opening goal from the penalty spot to set a new program season record with four made penalty kicks.
   
The Bobcats led 13-8 in shots with nine of the attempts coming in the first 45 minutes. Zoe Junior led all players with four shots and placed two on goal. Only other TXST players with multiple shots was Alexis Neal (2) and Mya Ulloa (3).
 
In goal, Katelyn Chrisman made three saves as two came in the second half.
 
Early in the 18th minute, Kiara Gonzales was tripped up inside the box to draw a penalty kick. Goss converted the record-breaking spot kick for the early advantage. She is now one made penalty kick shy of tying the Bobcat career record of five that is held by Kaylee Davis.
   
The Ragin' Cajuns had an opportunity to tie the match in eight minutes later with a header attempt by Mariella Stephens. The ball was sent low where Chrisman was able to smother it for her first save of the afternoon.
   
Early in the 58th minute, a long distance shot from Stephens went over the hands of a leaping Chrisman and hit the crossbar. The ball unfortunately bounced off the back of the sophomore goalkeeper and into the goal to knot the match at 1-1.
 
Texas State was limited for most of the second half on the offensive end. The first great look on frame came late in the 84th minute off a free kick. The ball was sent into the box and was eventually headed over to Junior. She was able to get a foot on the ball before a defender got to her but wasn't able to get enough power on it to beat the goalkeeper.
 
With Louisiana pushing players forward to try to get a go-ahead goal in the final minute, Goss received a pass and quickly dumped it off to Chloe Jones. The freshman midfielder sent a long ball down the field that saw Olivia Wright outrun the last two Louisiana defenders to track the ball down. On her first touch, Wright placed a shot into the lower left corner of the goal with 50 seconds left on the clock for the match-winner.
 
Next up for the Bobcats is a trip to Alabama to take on Troy next Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
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