The regular season of Blue Raider soccer came to a close on Friday night when the team dropped a 2-0 match to rival Western Kentucky at the Dean A. Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium.
The Hilltoppers would score once in each half to take the win.
“We played a very solid WKU team,” head coach Aston Rhoden said. “We did not play as smart as we could have, and our mistakes were costly.
“Our primary focus now is on the conference tournament, and we hope to make a good run at it.”
The Hilltoppers came to the Blue Raider campus with a 14-4-1 record (9-2 in the Sun Belt).
WKU began the scoring for the night in the opening 45 minutes, when Mallory Outerbridge hopped around a pair of Blue Raider defenders before taking a shot from outside the box into the back of the net at 23:02. MT’s goalie, sophomore Rebecca Cushing, attempted to block, but failed.
MT would fail to take more than two shots during the opening 45 minutes, and as the period ended, the team trailed by one.
The second period would be much of the same for the dilapidated Blue Raider team. WKU would again find the goal at 51:38, as Kellie Walker and Kelsey Meyer both led to Kaylyn Pratt for another score from 10 yards out.
There was hope in the last minute, as sophomore midfielder Laura Lamberth took a shot at 44:00, but it would be blocked by the Hilltoppers as well.
Sophomore midfielder Luisa Moscoso was the only MT athlete with more than one shot through the match. The Bogotá, Columbia native held fast with two attempts at Hilltopper keeper Libby Stout. Morgan Thomas and Lindsey Goad paced WKU with three shots each.
MT soccer season ends with loss to Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Published: Monday, November 2, 2009
Updated: Monday, November 2, 2009
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