UTSA Tops Lamar in Opening Round of Southland Conference Soccer Tournament
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SAN MARCOS, Texas - UTSA scored a goal late in the second period to push the No. 3 seed Roadrunners past the No. 6 seed Lamar Lady Cardinals in the opening round of the Southland Conference Soccer Tournament. UTSA advances to face No. 2 seed Stephen F. Austin on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
First-team all-conference selection Anka Grotle scored the only goal in the match for the Roadrunners off an assist from Valentina Lefort in the 81st minute. This marked Grotle's fourth goal on the season.
During the match, Lamar put up 18 shots on goal, with Lisa Hance posting six and teammate Angie Guillory recording five. UTSA goalkeeper Dacia Webb stopped the Lamar effort by recording nine saves on the afternoon.
For the Roadrunners, Grotle had four shots on goal, including the game-winner. Lamar goalkeeper Jennifer Gibbs recorded three saves.
With loss, Lamar ends its season and at 5-11-1. UTSA will now re-match a Stephen F. Austin squad that beat the Roadrunners 2-0 on the final week of the conference season.
Postmatch quotes
UTSA Coach Steve Ballard
"Lamar played great against us. We were fortunate to have Anka finished a good goal."
"It's going to take a great effort. Stephen F. Austin is an outstanding team. We are looking forward to the challenge."
Player Anka Grotle
"Everyone really wants to win the next game. We're going to come out better next time. We've learned from our mistakes."
Lamar Coach Dewi Hardman
"We had a lot of chances that we missed. We could have scored two or three goals, but we didn't. We are playing with a lot of freshman and sophomores. We still need to make sure things start going our way. If we could have put our chances away, it would have never come down to one goal."