Spring Break
Aggie soccer drops crucial conference game to Texas, 2-1
By: Matthew Gizbert
Issue date: 10/3/05 Section: Sports
 Evan O´Connell - The Battalion Aggie defender Annie Burnett loads up for the kick as Boise State junior defender Kristin Hall gives chase in A&M´s 2-0 home win against the Boise State Broncos Friday night. |
What started as domination this weekend over Boise State University Friday ended with the despair of defeat to a sub-.500 Texas team Sunday. However Aggie forward Melissa Garey, who continued her offensive tear this season, scored goals in both games, her team and conference leading 10th and 11th goals.
Against Boise State, the Aggies came out strong, dominating the first half with 12 shots and five corner kicks while BSU had two shots and a corner kick. With 9:31 gone in the first half, Garey took a superb cross from midfielder Annie Burnett and left-footed the ball past BSU goalie Kim Parker.
Garey commented that her goal was "one of those goals that me and my brother would always mess around with in the backyard, and it actually went in." Coach G Guerrieri took it even further, calling the goal "world-class."
At halftime, many of the fans thought the score could have been as many as 3 or 4-0, as the Aggies couldn't capitalize on a number of scoring chances. In the 15th minute, Garey found herself all alone in the box with just the keeper to beat but shot wide right. Again in the 26th minute, forward Ashlee Pistorious was the recipient of a great cross from midfielder Carrie Berend, after Berend had beaten a BSU defender on the right wing through her legs.
The domination continued in the second half as the Aggies forced BSU to play almost all their players back on defense inside the box to try to stop the endless waves of A&M players. Seventeen minutes into the second half, new Boise State goalie Michaela Morrison ended up out of position, leaving an open goal for Aggie forward Madison Klovstad, whose shot was blocked by a diving defender. Only a minute later, Klovstad sent a corner kick into the box where midfielder Lauren Pfister directed a perfect header into the top left corner of the net, just out of Morrison's reach. The goal was Pfister's first of the year, giving the Aggies a 2-0 lead. By the end of the game, the domination was clear as A&M outshot BSU by a total of 29-3 and had seven corner kicks to Boise State's one.
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