Aggies, Wildcats Play to 1-1 Draw in SEC Opener

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M Aggies and Kentucky Wildcats battled to the final minute and played to a 1-1 draw in Friday night's SEC opener on Ellis Field.
 
 
In the first 39 minutes of play, the teams combined for six total shots and Kentucky broke the lid in the 40^th minute with a goal scored by Jordynn Rhodes. A few minutes after, the Aggies tied it up with a header scored by Kate Colvin. After missing the first five matches due to injury, Colvin has scored a goal in each of the last three matches.
 
 
The Maroon & White are unbeaten in the last seven SEC regular season matches. With a record of 8-0-2, A&M remains undefeated in the all-time series against Kentucky.
 
 
The game was evenly matched for the full 90 minutes with shots tied at 10-10 and corner kicks close at 5-4.
 
 
Kenna Caldwell made five saves in goal for Texas A&M while Marz Josephson had two saves for Kentucky.
 
 
SCORING SUMMARY
 
40' – Kate Colvin fouled Jordynn Rhodes as she entered the box, which earned the Wildcats a penalty kick. The penalty kick got blocked by Kenna Caldwell, but Rhodes rebounded her own miss and scored a goal on the second try. UK 1, A&M 0
 
44' – Sammy Smith served a cross from the left touch line to Colvin who got her head on it, putting it inside the right post from 6 yards out. A&M 1, UK 1
 
UP NEXT…
The Aggies return to Ellis Field on Sunday for a 6 p.m. match against the Texas Southern Tigers.
 
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Comments from head coach G Guerrieri, senior forwards Kate Colvin and Sammy Smith are available below.