Aggies Fall to No. 17 Gamecocks, 1-0

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M soccer team fell short against the No. 17 South Carolina Gamecocks, 1-0, in Thursday night's match at Ellis Field.
 
The final score contradicted the run of play where the Aggies owned substantial edges in shots (25-9) and shots-on-goal (10-6).
 
South Carolina broke the ice scoring in the 43^rd minute. A&M had multiple opportunities to score in the second half. MaKhiya McDonald had two golden scoring opportunities, but a save by Heather Hinz and a clearance off the goal line by a South Carolina's center back kept the Aggies off the board. Carolyn Calzada and Carissa Boeckmann both had shots come off the crossbar in the second half.
 
The Aggies move to 7-6-3 on the season, including 3-3-2 in the SEC. South Carolina improved to 10-1-5 overall and 4-0-4 in league play.
 
Kenna Caldwell made five saves in goal for Texas A&M.
 
 
GOAL SUMMARY
43' – Off a left arc corner kick by Lily Render, Gracie Falla butted the ball in between some traffic to score the goal. SC 1, A&M 0
 
UP NEXT…
The Aggies head to Knoxville for Sunday's 1 p.m. match at Tennessee.

POSTGAME COMMENTS
Coach G Guerrieri



Carolyn Calzada and Sydney Becerra