Texas State Women’s Soccer and Houston Battles to Scoreless Draw

SAN MARCOS, Texas – A crowd of 785 on Sunday saw the Texas State women’s soccer team battle with Houston to a 0-0 draw at the Bobcat Soccer Complex. It was the first tie for the Bobcats since Oct. 24, 2014.

Texas State is now 2-1-1 on the season while the Cougars are 2-0-1 after the second weekend of the year.

In the third minute of the game, Kassi Hormuth had a shot blocked but Rachel Grout was there for the rebound. Her shot, however, ended going just left of the post.

Late in the eighth minute, Houston nearly got on the scoreboard when Hannah Dauzat got past the Texas State defensive backs. She tried to flick the ball past a charging Kathryn Budde but it went right at the freshman goalkeeper.

Grout got a shot off outside of the penalty box in the 21st minute that beat Houston’s goalkeeper. The ball hit off the left post and bounced back into play.

Freshman defender Genesis Turman nearly tallied her first collegiate score in the 26th minute. She cut inside of the defenders and ripped a shot towards goal that forced the Cougars’ keeper to make a diving save.

Nearly seven minutes later, Hormuth shot the ball from about 18 yards out that went over the leaping goalkeeper. Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar and returned to the field of play. Houston committed a foul trying to clear the ball to give the Bobcats a free kick from just outside the box. Hormuth hit a hard, low shot that was stopped by a diving keeper.

The last opportunity in the opening 45 minutes came during the 34 minute when Kira Zapalac unleashed a shot from just outside the box but the ball curled wide of the right post.

Houston came out strong in the second half both offensively and defensively. They Cougars nearly tallied a goal in the 59 minute when Desiree Bowen drove down the left side and best the Texas State defenders. Her shot from the left side of the goal saw Budde dive to get a hand on the ball to push it just past the right post.

Almost 15 minutes later, the Cougars’ Claire Salazar sent a free kick from 15 yards away low towards the far post. Budde made a diving save to keep the game scoreless.

Neither team was able to do much offensively in the two overtime periods. Kalen Sanderfer attempted the lone shot in extra time but it was blocked by a Houston defender.

Hormuth led the Bobcats with three shot and Grout took two cracks at goal. Budde made six saves in her first collegiate start.

Pacing all players with four shots, three of them on goal, was Houston’s, Selena Peters. Recording her third shutout of the season with five saves was Rachel Estopare.

Texas State outshot Houston 13-8 but the Cougars had a 6-5 advantage in shots on goal.

The Bobcats recorded a shutout for the third time in four games this season, the third time they have achieved the feat in program history and the second time in the last three seasons.

Next up for Texas State is a trip westward to take on New Mexico State on Friday at 5 p.m. CDT followed by a contest Sunday at UTEP.

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