University of North Texas Athletics
North Texas Falls To Middle Tennessee 3-2
10/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
DENTON (10/22/06) In a back and forth battle the North Texas women’s soccer team had its 23-game home unbeaten streak snapped as Middle Tennessee escaped with a 3-2 from the North Texas Soccer Field. The loss ends the nine-game winning streak for
In a very evenly matched game,
In the 7th minute of play freshman
The Mean Green trailed 1-0 heading into the second half, but evened things up in the 54th minute of play. Juett slipped behind the Blue Raider defense and was fouled in the box setting up a penalty kick. Kelli Lunsford converted the penalty kick and tied the game up at 1-1.
Middle Tennessee responded with the next two goals, first in the 56th minute as Kala Morgan deflected a pass from Holly Grogan past Ellis. Grogan then scored to make it 3-1 in the 64th minute of play.
The Mean Green had one last flurry in the final 12 minutes of play, but could not get the game-tying goal.
The loss at home is the first for
The Mean Green is back in action on Friday, October 27 in the regular season finale at
