- Juliet Haras, Ciara Jade Mitchell, and Sami Ruiz all mustered season-high minute totals in the contest.
- Sami Ruiz recorded her first collegiate start for the Aggies.
- Texas A&M ends its four-game home slate Sunday when it hosts SFA for a 7 p.m. contest at Ellis Field.
COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M soccer team was on the losing end of a 3-0 decision against No. 19 TCU Thursday evening at Ellis Field.
TCU (3-1-1) claimed the lead early in the first half. The Horned Frogs added two goals, one from a quick counterattack and one off a cross. The Frogs held an advantage in shots (13-10) and corner kicks (10-5), but shots on goal were knotted at six apiece.
In a rough-and-tumble affair, TCU racked up 14 fouls compared to the Aggies’ five, with one yellow card being shown to both teams.
Texas A&M (3-3-0) dug deep in its bench, as 19 different players saw the field.
GOAL SUMMARY10’ |The Horned Frogs broke the deadlock when Peyton Nourse fed Kamdyn Fuller, who played a line-breaking pass into Grace Vest’s feet, who found the back of the net. A&M 0, TCU 1
36’ | TCU doubled its lead when A&M gave the ball away in its defensive half. Bella Diorio found herself in acres of space at the top of the box, and her shot found the roof of the net. A&M 0, TCU 2
58’ | The Frogs scored again when Evie Baker crossed from 30-yards out and Grace Coppinger’s flicked header flew past the Aggie keeper. A&M 0, TCU 3
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Texas A&M ends its four-game home slate Sunday when it hosts SFA for a 7 p.m. contest at Ellis Field.
Postgame: Bobby Shuttleworth
We're a young team...I think our age showed a little bit tonight against a group that went to the Final Four last year and has a lot of older players. We had chances tonight. We had chances to cut the lead down and get back into the game. I don't think obviously we took those chances but I don't think we managed the game well and I don't think we started the game well either. So when you don't do either of those things, it's going to be difficult to grow into it.
-- Bobby ShuttleworthPostgame: Leah Diaz
TCU is definitely a good opponent. Respect to them, but I think going forward it's just going to take us watching film, reflecting on what our performance looked like, start figuring out what are the pieces that we are missing and start putting two and two together and start connecting with one another on the field.
-- Leah Diaz