CANYON, Texas - No. 13 West Texas A&M buried two goals in the opening 20 minutes Sunday afternoon at The Pitch, then held No. 22 Midwestern State off to take a 3-1 Lone Star Conference result.
The loss dropped the Mustangs to 10-2-1 on the season and to 4-2 in LSC play, while WT improved to 10-2-1 and 4-2.
The Mustangs, who have lost two of three after opening the season on an 11-match unbeaten streak, can right the ship next week with road matches against Southwestern Oklahoma on Friday and Central Oklahoma on Sunday.
West Texas A&M's Miriam Dominguez blasted a shot in from the top of the 18-yard box in the 9th minute past MSU starting keeper
Ashley Meek to give the Lady Buffs a 1-0 advantage.
Dominguez then threaded a through ball to Lindsay McHorse, who converted a one-on-one chance past Meek to give WT a commanding 2-0 advantage in the 20th minute.
The Mustangs clawed back to within a goal when
Kelsey Hill volleyed in a cross from
Brittany O'Neal to make the score 2-1 in the 59th minute, but MSU was unable to tally the equalizer.
West Texas A&M put the match with a McHorse's second goal of the game to beat MSU reserve keeper
Mallory Whitworth in the 87th minute.
The goal was the first allowed by Whitworth since New Mexico Highlands' Jessica Heninger scored in the 65th minute on Sep. 5 - a span of 584:18 of field time for the true freshman from McKinney.
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