September 6th, 2009
(Photo of Dani Matthews by Patrick Zarate)
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Box Score
SEGUIN, Texas – Dani Matthews headed home a cross from Kristin Meloni in the second half to lift the Texas Lutheran women’s soccer team to a 1-0 non-conference win over Our Lady of the Lake University.
Sunday at TLU’s Gustafson Field, the Bulldogs posted the win in their home-opener. TLU improved to 1-1 overall.
OLLU dropped to 2-1-1 overall.
Matthews’ goal was scored at the 55:09 mark. The header came off a perfectly placed cross from Meloni, who delivered the pass from the right side of the goal.
Matthews’ shot was struck well and with good height that OLLU keeper Kat Kirsch had little chance of stopping it.
The goal was the Bulldogs’ first goal of the season. For Matthews, a senior from San Antonio (Judson), the goal was the 21st of her collegiate career at TLU. Matthews now has 52 career points (21 goals, 10 assists).
Meloni’s assist was the 11th of her career. Meloni is a senior from San Antonio (Madison).
TLU needed 10 saves from senior keeper Marlena Ashby (Marble Falls/Marble Falls), one save from senior keeper Kim Myhre (Round Rock/Stony Point), and a team save. Meloni deflected a shot in front of the goal to stop an OLLU shot in the first half.
OLLU out-shot TLU 16-9. Twelve of OLLU’s 16 shots were on goal.
The Bulldogs put six shots on goal. Kirsch recorded five saves.
TLU continues its non-conference schedule with a Tuesday road match against Southwestern University. Match time in Georgetown is set for 4 p.m.