Oct. 31, 2014 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - In its regular season finale, Baylor soccer fell 2-0 at No. 10 West Virginia on Friday evening at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The Mountaineers (14-2-2, 7-0-1 Big 12) used bookend goals in the second half to take down the Bears (8-8-2, 2-5-1 Big 12).
Despite being outshot 11-3 in the first half, the Bears went into the break tied 0-0. Unfortunately, WVU kept the shots coming in the second half (14-0) and took a lead it would not relinquish in the 52nd minute.
The goal came off a cross by Jess Crowder that was headed in by Michaela Abam. Abam was at it again in the 86th minute to close out the game as she took a pass from Kelsie Maloney inside the six, turned and fired to the back of the net.
NOTES
*Baylor is 1-4 vs. NSCAA top 25 teams this season with a win at No. 23 BYU and losses at No. 19 Notre Dame, vs. No. 18 Kansas, at No. 19 Texas Tech and at No. 10 West Virginia, and is 2-7-4 since 2012 against NSCAA top 25 opponents. The other win came against No. 14 Georgetown to advance to the program's first-ever NCAA Sweet 16 in 2012.
*Baylor and WVU had met just three times prior to Friday. The teams tied 1-1 in first meeting on Oct. 12, 2012 in Morgantown, W. Va., WVU won 4-3 on Sept. 29, 2013, in Waco and then won again 1-0 on Nov. 8, 2013, in Kansas City at the Big 12 Championship.
*Overall, WVU led in shots (25-3), shots on goal (7-0) and corner kicks (8-1).
STAT OF THE GAME
0 - The amount of shots on goal Baylor had in the game.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"We played pretty well defensively. Only five or six of their shots were on goal. I'm proud of the way we played and worked hard all game. We have to make this short turnaround and get ready to play in KC on Wednesday." - Baylor Co-Head Coach Paul Jobson
TWEET OF THE GAME
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor heads to Kansas City for the 2014 Big 12 Championship from Nov. 5-9 at Swope Soccer Village. The Bears will face Oklahoma State Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. CT in the opening round.
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