SMU Women defeat Houston 2-1
Published 10/7/2008 10:01:46 AM by staff from Dallas
Freshmen Logan May and Devon Herrman scored for the Mustangs, and freshman goalkeeper Courtney Webb picked up her second career victory to lead the SMU women's soccer team to a 2-1 road victory over Conference USA foe Houston. Houston jumped out to a first half lead behind a goal from Islara Rodriguez. Rodriguez capitalized off an SMU miscue, stealing the ball from a defender, sprinting on goal and firing a shot past Mustang netminder Courtney Webb. But after the intermission, it was all SMU. The Mustangs got the equalizer in the 49th minute when May collected a pass from freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Eidson and beat UH netminder Shelby Scott for her second goal of the season. Herrman then put the Ponies ahead to stay in the 69th minute with an unassisted goal, her second of the season. She had a shot saved by Scott but buried the rebound, giving the Ponies the lead they never would relinquish. The Mustangs, who improved to 4-7-1 overall and 2-2-0 in C-USA games . The Mustangs have two more road games next weekend, at Marshall Friday and at East Carolina Sunday, before returning home to face Memphis at 7 p.m., Oct. 17 and UAB at 1 p.m., Oct. 19. Houston (4-6-1, 0-3-1 C-USA) will head out on the road, leaving the state of Texas for the first time this season when it travels to face Memphis and UAB next weekend.
Label: SMU womens soccer, Logan May, Devon Herrman, Islara Rodriguez
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