A barrage of shots and consistent pressure gave Southwestern
University a 3-0 victory over Texas Lutheran to improve to 3-0 on
the season.
The Pirates started applying the pressure early, peppering the
goal with shots and maintaining possession on the attacking half of
the field. They were the first on the scoreboard in the
13th minute with a beautifully placed ball by senior
defender Andi Miller (pictured) that lofted over TLU's
keeper's head from the left side, 35 yards out.
The Pirates narrowly missed out on their second goal as senior
forward A.J. Andreola found junior midfielder Danielle Madison open
in the box. Madison placed the ball to the left of the keeper who
made a diving save to keep the Pirates ahead by only one. A
close offside call when Jillian Curran shot a ball deflected by
TLU's keeper on a shot by Andreola kept the score 1-0 going into
the half. Southwestern took 15 shots, 9 on goal, in the first half
alone while allowing just two shots.
At the start of the second half the Pirates took off where they
left off and scored two minutes into the period after Amy Douglas
was tackled in the box and put the penalty kick in the lower right
corner to put SU up 2-0.
Andreola gave SU their final goal when she one touched Madison's
pass in the box into the bottom left corner to give the Pirates the
3-0 victory.
Southwestern dominated the contest taking 24 more shots (29-5)
and 18 more corners (20-2) than the Bulldogs. They will next face
the University of Texas - Dallas at home on Friday at 1:00 pm.
