Oct. 25, 2015 Final Stats
THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN - Baylor soccer earned a 2-1 win over Texas Sunday afternoon at Myers Stadium in soggy conditions. The Bears (9-5-2, 4-1-1) used two second half goals to take down the Longhorns (7-5-4, 4-3-1) as BU has now gone undefeated in 10 of its last 11 matches.
Baylor led shots (6-4) and shots on goal (3-1) in the first half but was not able to find the back of the net. However, things changed in a three-minute span in the second half.
In the 65th minute, UT committed a hand ball in its own box to set up a penalty kick. Katie Daigle took the kick and went to the left post for the 1-0 Baylor edge. Then in the 68th minute, a UT yellow card set up the Bears with a solid scoring chance and Ashley York helped BU take advantage by finding Lauren Piercy in the box with a pass. Piercy gathered and fired a 15-yard shot to the left post for a 2-0 lead.
In the 86th minute, Texas' Mikayla Flores cut the Baylor lead in half with a goal, but it marked the last quality scoring chance for the Longhorns.
NOTES
*Baylor ended a streak of 12 straight matches in which Texas had given up one goal or less.
*Baylor has gone undefeated in 10 of its last 11 matches.
*Baylor is 29-2-2 when scoring first since 2013 and 9-0-1 in 2015.
*Baylor moved the all-time series against Texas to an 11-8-3 UT lead.
*Baylor has scored 27 goals and allowed five in its last 11 matches (9-1-1).
*Baylor has held edges in shots and shots on goal in 12 of its 16 matches this season (Purdue tied in shots, Iowa State led in shots on goals, Kansas led in shots on goals, Oklahoma tied in shots on goal).
*Baylor led Texas in shots (13-12) and shots on goal (9-4) while UT led in corners (5-2).
*Senior Katie Daigle scored her first goal of the season and third of her career on her first-ever penalty kick.
*Junior Ashley York notched her third assist of the season and fifth of her career.
*Freshman Lauren Piercy netted her team-high sixth goal of the season and team-high fourth game-winner. Her six goals are one shy of fifth place for most goals by a BU freshman and her four game-winners are tied for the second most by a BU freshman and tied for seventh on BU's single-season list.
*Junior Sara Martinson earned eighth win of the season, ninth of her career.
STAT OF THE GAME
2:32 - The amount of minutes and seconds between Baylor's two goals.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Proud of these girls. A total team effort to get this victory over a really good Texas team. Defensively, we were solid and we were able to take advantage of our opportunities in front of the goal. Now we have a quick turnaround to recover and get ready for TCU on Tuesday." - Head Coach Paul Jobson
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears travel to Fort Worth, Texas, for a 7 p.m. CT tilt at TCU on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
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