Aug. 21, 2015 Final Stats | Photo Gallery 
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas â '¬" Baylor soccer lost 2-1 in double overtime to South Florida in its season opener Friday evening at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. The Bears (0-1) had plenty of chances against the Bulls (1-0) but were only able to convert one.
A very competitive match that had the feel of a postseason type of environment really got going near the 60th minute. In the 62nd minute, USF's Cristina Ferrall had the ball near the top of the box in a crowd of players, turned and fired a laser that was unaffected by the traffic and went past Baylor goalkeeper Rebecca Gartner.
BU did not waste much time answering as Ashley York served up a cross from the left side of the box in the 68th minute and Amanda Hoglund was there to get a foot on it in traffic for the equalizer. From there, the teams battled hard for possessions and Baylor missed on a few good scoring chances.
In the second overtime and 103rd minute, USF's Olivia Chance had the ball in the left side of the box, got Gartner caught in the middle of committing to attack the ball or stay back to play the shot and was able to sneak the golden goal past.
NOTES
*Baylor is 14-5-1 all-time in season openers.
*Baylor is 16-2-2 all-time in home openers.
*Under the Jobsons, Baylor is 5-2-1 in season openers and 7-1-0 in home openers.
*Baylor held edges over USF in shots (14-10) and shots on goal (4-3).
*Freshman Amanda Hoglund netted her first collegiate goal in the 68th minute.
*Junior Ashley York had her first assist of the season and third of her career.
*Rebecca Gartner (started), Jackie Crowther (started), Sarah King (started), Julie James (started), Kylie Ross, Ashanti Carey, Lauren Piercy, Kennedy Brown, Marissa Sullivan and Hoglund all made their Baylor debuts.
*The match marked the first-ever meeting between Baylor and South Florida.
STAT OF THE GAME
4 â '¬" The amount of corner kicks USF had in the overtime periods.
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"Nobody likes to lose; nobody wants to walk off the field without the win. They are disappointed not walking off with a victory tonight because they are super-competitors. We know we have some things we can learn from. They are not walking off like, 'season is done, Coach,' they are pumped. They see how good they can be and I saw a lot of potential in them. I think they are fired up and ready to recover for Monday night against another really good team." â '¬" Head Coach Paul Jobson
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor hosts Michigan State Monday, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m. CT.
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