Box Score Sept. 17, 2017 Box Score
THE RUNDOWN DALLAS, Texas - Baylor soccer (6-1-1) drilled home four goals to take a decisive 4-1 road win over the SMU Mustangs (4-2-2) on Sunday evening at Westcott Field.
In a late night match that was delayed nearly an hour after the SMU men's soccer match prior was pushed back by multiple light outages, the Bears showed no ill effects from the late start, posting an offensive explosion.
After the Mustangs took a quick opening goal in the eighth minute, the Bears answered back just a minute and a half later in the 10th minute with the equalizer.
Jackie Crowther took a corner for the Bears, ending up with the ball deflected back to her for another cross attempt into the box.
The team's point leader found Camryn Wendlandt in the box for a header goal to tie the match at 1-1.
Keeping the pressure on, the Bears took the lead in the 27th minute when Raegan Padgett took a breakaway into the box, drilling home what would stand as the game winning goal to put BU up 2-1.
Looking for some insurance late in the second half, Lauren Piercy broke away from the SMU backline after the ball took a Baylor bounce out of the scrum and gave the junior forward a one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Piercy drilled home the third BU goal of the match, putting the Bears up 3-1 in the 80th minute.
Just over 30 seconds later, Aline De Lima bounced outside of the SMU backline, again getting a one-on-one chance with the SMU goalkeeper. The senior midfielder chipped the goal up and over the keeper and found the net, icing the 4-1 dominating win for BU.
Jennifer Wandt (4-1) allowed just her second goal of the season, bouncing back to post a season-high five saves.
NOTES
*Baylor took its third-straight win over SMU, cutting the all-time series lead for the Mustangs down to 7-4-0.
*BU posted its second-highest goal output of the season, finishing the nonconference with a 14-3 advantage over its opponents in goals scored.
*Camryn Wendlandt scored her first goal of the season and her first in a Baylor uniform, heading in the crossing pass from Crowther in the first half.
*Jackie Crowther notched her first assist of the season, adding her team-leading seventh point of the season.
*Raegan Padgett scored her first goal of the season, the fourth in her collegiate career.
*Lauren Piercy connected on her first goal in 2017, the 14th goal of her decorated BU career.
*Aline De Lima netted her second goal of the season, taking her two-year BU career goal total to six.
QUOTE OF THE MATCH
"I think first and foremost, we gave up the first goal. I mentioned before the game, back in the Washington game, when Washington scored first, I don't think we responded well. We talked about it this week and we talked about if before the game tonight. When SMU scored, we came back and scored in the next minute and a half. So we learned something. That's something we've noticed about this team all season - they're learning the little things and they're putting that into practice. I'm very proud of that." - Baylor head coach Paul Jobson
STAT OF THE MATCH
4 - the goals scored by Baylor against SMU on the Mustangs' home turf, the most goals allowed in a home match at Westcott Field since 2014 (Oct. 26, Memphis, 4-1).
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor opens conference play, hosting West Virginia at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field in Waco on Friday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.
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