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Cody Clark
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Delta St. Delta (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Winner Mo.-St. Louis UMSL (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Delta St. Delta
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
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Final
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Mo.-St. Louis UMSL
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Delta St. Delta 1 0 1
Mo.-St. Louis UMSL 0 2 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Ryan Zimmerman

Lady Statesmen Fall to Tritons in Back-And-Forth Season-Opening Battle

Two second-half goals UMSL goals defeat Lady Statesmen in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS -- The Delta State University Lady Statesmen fell victim to bad luck down the final stretch in their season opener against the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons. 

Despite taking a 1-0 lead into half time, their opponents struck twice in the second half, scoring the winner with less than five minutes to play in regulation.

THE BASICS:
Score: Delta State 1, Missouri-St. Louis 2
Records: Lady Statesmen 0-1-0 | Tritons 1-0-0
Series: DSU trails the series all time 0-1
Location: Don Dallas Soccer Field | St. Louis
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HOW IT HAPPENED
  • UMSL took the first shot of the game in the 23rd minute, but the Lady Statesmen defense got in the way.
  • Just over one minute later, Lavinia Horning recorded the match's first shot on goal.
  • Jaycee Cotton recorded the first clear-cut scoring chance in the 31st minute, but Amanda Hillard acrobatically tipped her shot over the bar.
  • Mackenzie Thompson sent a header into the back of the net off a Poppy Derhun cross, putting the Lady Statesmen ahead 1-0.
  • The Lady Statesmen registered one more shot on goal before the end of the first half.
  • Peyton McNabb equalized for the Tritons in the 51st minute, scoring on a deflected shot following a free kick.
  • Delta State continued to put the pressure on the UMSL defense over the next 10 minutes but could not convert any of their four set pieces.
  • Hilliard had to come up big again, as she made a diving save in the 62nd minute.
  • Nicola Hauk came inches away from putting the Lady Statesmen back on top from a Robyn Moody corner kick in the 78th minute.
  • Cotton finished off a counter attack to put UMSL in front, netting the game-winning goal in the 87th minute.
  • The Green and White only produced one more shot, a long-range Mia Ramirez strike that sailed just over the crossbar. 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • UMSL outshot Delta State 7-6, however both teams finished with five shots on goal
  • Hilliard made three saves in the loss.
  • Both teams committed double digit fouls, with the Tritons having 15 to DSU's 12
UP NEXT:

Delta State heads to Springfield, Mo. to face Drury University on Sunday, Sept. 5th at 3 p.m.

 
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