Sunday, September 11
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Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics
Aggies Earn 400th Win, Open SEC Play with 3-0 Victory vs. LSU
Sep 11, 2016 | Soccer
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 11 Texas A&M Aggies logged their 400th program win in impressive fashion, rolling to a 3-0 victory over the LSU Tigers on Sunday evening at Ellis Field. The Maroon and White became the first SEC program to reach the 400-win plateau.
The victory also marked the fourth consecutive shutout for the Aggies, who haven't relinquished a goal in 367:58. The last time Texas A&M recorded four consecutive clean sheets was during their 2014 SEC Tournament run and NCAA Championship first round victory.
The Aggies' backline was once again impressive as the combination of Kendall Ritchie, McKayla Paulson, Margaret Schmidt, Grace Wright, Grace Piper and Callyn Walton held LSU (4-4-0, 0-1-0 SEC) to just three shots-on-goal. The Tigers' juggernaut duo of Jorian Baucom and Summer Clarke were held to a combined two shots, including one shot-on-goal.
Danielle Rice made three saves in goal to record her fourth shutout of the season and the seventh of her career.
It didn't take long for the Aggies to break the scoring seal with the Maroon and White drawing first blood in the third minute of play. After Mikaela Harvey was taken down on the attack, Texas A&M was awarded a free kick on the right side from 40 yards out. Wright sent the offering into the penalty box with Piper getting her head on it from nine yards out on the left side. With LSU goalkeeper Caroline Brockmeier frozen on her line, the header found the right side netting for the lid lifter.
The Aggies went into the intermission with a 1-0 lead, but the stats showed a more dominant first-half performance for the Maroon and White. Texas A&M owned advantages in shots (12-5), shots-on-goal (5-1) and corner kicks (5-2).
Grittiness prevailed for Texas A&M (5-2-0, 1-0-0 SEC) early in the second half. In the 47th minute, Haley Pounds stripped the ball from an LSU defender along the end line near the left corner flag. She worked the ball to the outside left corner of the six-yard box before slotting a pass to Harvey inside the penalty arc. Harvey sent a shot in from the top of the box, beating Brockmeier to the left for her first goal of the season.
The Maroon and White capped off the scoring in the 70th minute. Harvey and Grace Cory set up the first career goal for Jordan Hill. Harvey was dribbling down the center of the pitch when she found Cory streaking into the penalty box on the left side. Harvey laced a pass through three defenders. Cory chased it down four yards from the end line, sending a cross to the penalty spot. Hill's first touch with the inside of her right foot beat Brockmeier to the right.
For the match, Texas A&M owned edges in shots (21-12), shots-on-goal (11-3) and corner kicks (7-4).
The Aggies continue SEC play next Friday when they host the Georgia Bulldogs in a 6 pm contest at Ellis Field. The contest is the Aggies' annual Go Gold Game to benefit pediatric cancer research.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Coach G. Guerrieri
On four straight shutouts and a 3-0 win to open SEC play…
"It's great. I think that we have gotten better and better every game. I thought that defensively we were very sound tonight. Dani (Rice) made the saves she needed to save, but really the players in front of her made it so that she didn't have to do anything out of the ordinary. Just good, solid goalkeeping for her. A lot of our younger players had really good nights. Kate Hajdu had a really good night. It was really great to see Jordan [Hill] to get her first goal of the season. Haley [Pounds] and Emily (Bates) continued to be really dangerous for us. As things go along, we get better and better."
On scoring so early in the contest…
"In both halves we scored early. We scored in the third minute of the game and the second minute of the second half. That's one of the things we talk about all the time. In the first five minutes and the last five minutes of every half, that's often times when games are won or lost and the players have done well and are getting better."
Senior defender Grace Wright
On another shutout…
"One of our goals this weekend was to get another shutout at home so to keep that streak alive was great. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. We've also been scoring the past four games so we want to keep both the streaks going forward."
Junior midfielder Mikaela Harvey
On her first goal of the season…
"It's really exciting because each season I don't know how many goals I am going to score. My first season I didn't have any so I was really excited to get one early this season."
On first SEC win of the season…
"It's awesome. Just the other day we were talking about how we want to come out of the SEC undefeated. This is a good way to start off."
Freshman midfielder Grace Piper
On her excitement after scoring her first career goal…
"It was surreal. I was expecting it to go in and I was so excited when it did. I didn't know what to do, so I just jumped up and down a lot."
On finding the opening in the LSU defense…
"We watched a lot of scout film on LSU and we recognized that they had a lot of big girls and they were good in the air. We tried to fill in the box with as many people as we could, so that we had some open players. I just happened to be one of the open players, so I could get my head on the ball."
The victory also marked the fourth consecutive shutout for the Aggies, who haven't relinquished a goal in 367:58. The last time Texas A&M recorded four consecutive clean sheets was during their 2014 SEC Tournament run and NCAA Championship first round victory.
The Aggies' backline was once again impressive as the combination of Kendall Ritchie, McKayla Paulson, Margaret Schmidt, Grace Wright, Grace Piper and Callyn Walton held LSU (4-4-0, 0-1-0 SEC) to just three shots-on-goal. The Tigers' juggernaut duo of Jorian Baucom and Summer Clarke were held to a combined two shots, including one shot-on-goal.
Danielle Rice made three saves in goal to record her fourth shutout of the season and the seventh of her career.
It didn't take long for the Aggies to break the scoring seal with the Maroon and White drawing first blood in the third minute of play. After Mikaela Harvey was taken down on the attack, Texas A&M was awarded a free kick on the right side from 40 yards out. Wright sent the offering into the penalty box with Piper getting her head on it from nine yards out on the left side. With LSU goalkeeper Caroline Brockmeier frozen on her line, the header found the right side netting for the lid lifter.
The Aggies went into the intermission with a 1-0 lead, but the stats showed a more dominant first-half performance for the Maroon and White. Texas A&M owned advantages in shots (12-5), shots-on-goal (5-1) and corner kicks (5-2).
Grittiness prevailed for Texas A&M (5-2-0, 1-0-0 SEC) early in the second half. In the 47th minute, Haley Pounds stripped the ball from an LSU defender along the end line near the left corner flag. She worked the ball to the outside left corner of the six-yard box before slotting a pass to Harvey inside the penalty arc. Harvey sent a shot in from the top of the box, beating Brockmeier to the left for her first goal of the season.
The Maroon and White capped off the scoring in the 70th minute. Harvey and Grace Cory set up the first career goal for Jordan Hill. Harvey was dribbling down the center of the pitch when she found Cory streaking into the penalty box on the left side. Harvey laced a pass through three defenders. Cory chased it down four yards from the end line, sending a cross to the penalty spot. Hill's first touch with the inside of her right foot beat Brockmeier to the right.
For the match, Texas A&M owned edges in shots (21-12), shots-on-goal (11-3) and corner kicks (7-4).
The Aggies continue SEC play next Friday when they host the Georgia Bulldogs in a 6 pm contest at Ellis Field. The contest is the Aggies' annual Go Gold Game to benefit pediatric cancer research.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach Coach G. Guerrieri
On four straight shutouts and a 3-0 win to open SEC play…
"It's great. I think that we have gotten better and better every game. I thought that defensively we were very sound tonight. Dani (Rice) made the saves she needed to save, but really the players in front of her made it so that she didn't have to do anything out of the ordinary. Just good, solid goalkeeping for her. A lot of our younger players had really good nights. Kate Hajdu had a really good night. It was really great to see Jordan [Hill] to get her first goal of the season. Haley [Pounds] and Emily (Bates) continued to be really dangerous for us. As things go along, we get better and better."
On scoring so early in the contest…
"In both halves we scored early. We scored in the third minute of the game and the second minute of the second half. That's one of the things we talk about all the time. In the first five minutes and the last five minutes of every half, that's often times when games are won or lost and the players have done well and are getting better."
Senior defender Grace Wright
On another shutout…
"One of our goals this weekend was to get another shutout at home so to keep that streak alive was great. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. We've also been scoring the past four games so we want to keep both the streaks going forward."
Junior midfielder Mikaela Harvey
On her first goal of the season…
"It's really exciting because each season I don't know how many goals I am going to score. My first season I didn't have any so I was really excited to get one early this season."
On first SEC win of the season…
"It's awesome. Just the other day we were talking about how we want to come out of the SEC undefeated. This is a good way to start off."
Freshman midfielder Grace Piper
On her excitement after scoring her first career goal…
"It was surreal. I was expecting it to go in and I was so excited when it did. I didn't know what to do, so I just jumped up and down a lot."
On finding the opening in the LSU defense…
"We watched a lot of scout film on LSU and we recognized that they had a lot of big girls and they were good in the air. We tried to fill in the box with as many people as we could, so that we had some open players. I just happened to be one of the open players, so I could get my head on the ball."
Team Stats
LSU
TAMU
Goals
0
3
Shots
12
21
Shots on Goal
3
11
Saves
8
3
Corners
4
7
Fouls
10
7
Scoring Plays
Piper, Grace (1)
Assisted By: Wright, Grace
header from 10 yards off free kick
2:51
Harvey, Mikaela (1)
Assisted By: Pounds, Haley
shot from the top of the box
46:53
Hill, Jordan (1)
Assisted By: Cory, Grace , Harvey, Mikaela
right footed first touch from PK spot to
69:40
Game Leaders
Players
Shots
5
SOG
3
Goals
1
Assists
1
dmf
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
4
SOG
3
Goals
0
Assists
1
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