MARSHALL, Texas – The Louisiana State University of Alexandria played to a 2-2 draw against Wiley University (TX).
The Generals (2-3-1) scored a pair of goals in the first half for a 2-0 lead but the Wildcats (2-4-1) tallied two of their own in the second stanza. There were chances-a-plenty for both LSUA and Wiley with LSUA claiming a 19-12 advantage in shots. The Generals put 13 of their chances on frame, while the Wildcats managed six.
"We were simply not good enough today," LSUA Head Coach
Mark Hammond said. "We can make a bunch of excuses but we allowed ourselves to be dragged into a fight that we weren't up for. We have to look at ourselves and ask some serious questions about where we want the direction of our season to go."
Linnea Lundstroem gave the Generals an early lead in the 10
th minute, slipping a shot past Destiny Allison off a corner kick from
Nelly Dallmann. Lundstroem's goal came as the third shot of the half for LSUA. Both Dallmann and Lundstroem forced Allison into action in the game's opening eight minutes.
Allison finished with nine saves for Wiley.
Wiley's first chance came six minutes after the Generals took the lead. Nadia Hernandez put a shot on target which was turned aside by
Claire Marx. She finished with four saves in her collegiate debut.
It wasn't until the 33
rd minute that LSUA had another chance at goal.
Emma Kate Rogers' effort was stymied by Allison.
In the 30
th minute, a corner kick from
Abril Cobos led to
Hannah Holm Henriksen's first goal of the season and a 2-0 lead headed into halftime.
LSUA started the second half much the same way they ended the first. They generated five shots in the first 14 minutes of second half. Sara Escribano Garcia-Miguel and
Ava Little put a combined three shots on goal in the span.
Less than a minute after Marx made her second save of the game on Lexi Lopez, the Wildcats halved their deficit. Alexse Orozco found the back of the net in the 62
nd minute.
After three saves from Allison on
Annick van Pijkeren,
Sacha Backus, and
Lovisa Gustafsson, Mariah William leveled the score at 2-2 in the 74
th minute.
Three minutes later,
Ariana Lowenstein nearly put the Generals back ahead but a Wildcat defender was able to stymie the shot.
The Wildcats put two shots on goal in the final 10 minutes but Marx turned them aside to preserve the draw. Backus had the Generals' final chance with under a minute to play, but Allison made the stop and kept the game even.
LSUA is back at home on Saturday, September 12, to host Oklahoma City University at 1:00 PM.
