Photo by: Julianne Shivers/Texas A&M Athletics
Aggies Win Two High Energy Matches to Close Spring
Apr 14, 2024 | Soccer
Texas A&M toppled A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas State by a Combined 10-0 Tally
SAN MARCOS – The Texas A&M soccer team earned a pair of resounding victories over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas State Saturday afternoon at Bobcat Soccer Complex to wrap up the spring exhibition season.
The Aggies opened with a 40-minute match against A&M-Corpus Christi, outscoring the Islanders 6-0 in 40 minutes of action. In the night cap, the Maroon & White bested the host Bobcats, 4-0, in 80 minutes.
The matches were marked by high intensity work by the Aggies. Texas A&M outshot the opponents, 40-6, including 16-2 in shots-on-goal. The corner kick margin was 18-2 in favor of Ol' Sarge's charges.
In the opening match, Grace Ivey led the way with two goals and one assist and Taylor Pounds notched two goals. Taylor Jernigan notched one goal and one assist. Kate Colvin, MaKhiya McDonald, Leah Pirro and Jazmine Wilkinson each contributed at an assist.
In the second match, Margo and Macy Matula each found the back of the net. Mia Pante posted one goal and one assist and Shae O'Rourke added a goal. Carolyn Calzada and Wilkinson chipped in with one goal apiece.
Playing solid defense on the afternoon, the three Aggie goalkeepers Grace McClellan, Sydney Fuller and Maysen Veronda went untested for the most part. Veronda made the only two saves necessary on the afternoon.
For the spring, Texas A&M posted a 7-1 mark and outscoring opponents 29-5 in 525 minutes of action.
The next time the Maroon & White take the pitch will be an exhibition match August 3 against the Rice Owls at Ellis Field to kick off the fall.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach G Guerrieri
On the match...
"It was a good way to wrap up the spring. We hadn't started out all our games this spring the way that we wanted the first 15 minutes. Today was an about face on that. The players set a goal of coming out of the starting blocks strong and in both matches they got quick goals. That's a great testament to the focus and the drive to be better every game."
On the high intensity for the last day of a long spring training camp...
"We wanted to finish on our front foot. We wanted to go out with a real burst of energy. I think they accomplished that. They finished with a real exclamation point. We got 10 goals in 120 minutes which is really impressive."
The Aggies opened with a 40-minute match against A&M-Corpus Christi, outscoring the Islanders 6-0 in 40 minutes of action. In the night cap, the Maroon & White bested the host Bobcats, 4-0, in 80 minutes.
The matches were marked by high intensity work by the Aggies. Texas A&M outshot the opponents, 40-6, including 16-2 in shots-on-goal. The corner kick margin was 18-2 in favor of Ol' Sarge's charges.
In the opening match, Grace Ivey led the way with two goals and one assist and Taylor Pounds notched two goals. Taylor Jernigan notched one goal and one assist. Kate Colvin, MaKhiya McDonald, Leah Pirro and Jazmine Wilkinson each contributed at an assist.
In the second match, Margo and Macy Matula each found the back of the net. Mia Pante posted one goal and one assist and Shae O'Rourke added a goal. Carolyn Calzada and Wilkinson chipped in with one goal apiece.
Playing solid defense on the afternoon, the three Aggie goalkeepers Grace McClellan, Sydney Fuller and Maysen Veronda went untested for the most part. Veronda made the only two saves necessary on the afternoon.
For the spring, Texas A&M posted a 7-1 mark and outscoring opponents 29-5 in 525 minutes of action.
The next time the Maroon & White take the pitch will be an exhibition match August 3 against the Rice Owls at Ellis Field to kick off the fall.
TEXAS A&M QUOTES
Head Coach G Guerrieri
On the match...
"It was a good way to wrap up the spring. We hadn't started out all our games this spring the way that we wanted the first 15 minutes. Today was an about face on that. The players set a goal of coming out of the starting blocks strong and in both matches they got quick goals. That's a great testament to the focus and the drive to be better every game."
On the high intensity for the last day of a long spring training camp...
"We wanted to finish on our front foot. We wanted to go out with a real burst of energy. I think they accomplished that. They finished with a real exclamation point. We got 10 goals in 120 minutes which is really impressive."
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