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The physical aspect of the game tests the toughness of the players – all the soaring, crashing, grabbing, colliding and other not so glamorous challenges of life on the pitch.
May’s goal came with just over a minute left to play. The senior from Canada took a penalty kick, which was blocked by Charlotte goalkeeper Harlee Head. May nailed the rebound into the bottom right side of the net with 88:58 showing on the clock.
It was May’s fourth goal of the season.
Megan Bradley scored Charlotte’s goal in the first half. UTSA goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler made six saves.
UTSA is 6-2-4 on the season and 2-0-2 in conference. The Roadrunners play on the road against Rice on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Gigi Mason led USTA with 18 kills, Taylor Gaines had 12 and Caroline Tredwell and Ally Tribe had 11 each.
UTSA is 5-4 on the season. The Roadrunners are at home again Sunday at 1 p.m. against Charlotte.
Tulsa is 11-2 on the season.
UTSA beat UT-Arlington 3-0 in the afternoon and North Florida 3-1 in the night match.
The Roadrunners (6-4) are back in the Convocation Center tomorrow (Saturday) at 2 p.m. to play Prairie View.
Lane, a senior from London, England, scored her goal in the 82nd minute.
Roadrunners goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler added to her school record with her 15th career shutout.
UTSA (6-2-2 overall, 2-0 in AAC) plays its next game on the road Thursday, Sept. 25, at UAB. The Roadrunners are back home at Park West on Sunday, Sept. 28, against Charlotte.
Samantha Wunsch, a junior from Austin, led Texas State with 23 kills.
Ally Tribe, a sophomore from Columbus, Texas, had 17 kills for UTSA. Caroline Tredwell, a sophomore from Flower Mound, Texas, had 16 kills and seven blocks and Taylor Gaines, a freshman from Liberty Hill, Texas, had 11 kills.
UTSA (0-2) plays its next three matches on the road Friday and Saturday at the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational in Springfield, Mo. The Roadrunners’ next home match is Sept. 11 against Kent State.
Texas State (1-1) plays in the Southwest Showdown in Edinburg on Friday and Saturday. The Bobcats host the Texas State Invitational on Sept. 11-13.
Katherine Holtman led the Lumberjacks with 11 kills and Ilana De Assis had 10.
Caroline Tredwell and Ally Tribe led UTSA with six kills each, Megan Hawkins had 13 assists and Tribe had three blocks.
The Roadrunners are at home again on Saturday. UTSA plays Texas State at 6 p.m. at the Convocation Center.
The Roadrunners’ Zoe May scored Sunday night’s only goal on a penalty kick in the 81st minute. May’s goal was set up when UTSA’s Brooke Viccars went on the attack and was fouled.
UTSA goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler provided a dramatic conclusion to the game when she stopped a Lamar penalty kick with exactly one second left on the game clock.
The plays added up to UTSA women’s soccer’s 1-0 victory over Lamar at Park West Athletics Complex.
UTSA (2-1-1) now has a two-game win streak in the still young season. The Roadrunner have recorded three shutouts and allowed only one goal in their four games.
Next on the UTSA schedule is the Roadrunners’ first two road games of the season. UTSA plays Colorado State in Fort Collins on Thursday. UTSA plays Colorado College in Colorado Springs on Sunday.
On the penalty kick
“Honestly there I just went with my gut and where I wanted to put it,” the senior midfielder from Canada said. “Right now I’m 2-for-2 in games (on penalty kicks). In my freshmen year when I was at Memphis, in the semifinals of the conference I had to take one. That was pretty high pressure.
On the UTSA defense
“I think our defense is a really strong unit. I think that’s one of the strong parts of our game. We work really hard. We’re a gritty team. I think that showed tonight and in all the clean sheets we’ve been getting.”
“I’m not going to let this ruin my clean sheet so I just had to lock in, listen to my coaches, rely on my previous training and just do my best to read the player. Ultimately I went the right way and made the save.
“I’m a veteran keeper. I’m a veteran player on the team. I’m one of the few players who has been on this team for three years. I’ve been through out ups and our downs. I’ve seen a lot of players come and go. I think this team is at the best point that we have been since I’ve been here.”
UTSA (1-1-1) is coming off a 3-0 victory over St. Mary’s on Thursday. Aaliyaiah Durden and Brookly Bailey both scored their first goal in a UTSA uniform The Roadrunners, anchored by goalkeeper Jasmine Kessler, have allowed only one goal in three games.
Lamar (0-2) is coming off a 1-0 road loss to Texas A&M and lost on the road to Louisiana 4-1 in the Cardinals’ season opener.
Tonight’s game will be streamed on ESPN+.
After the victory over St. Mary’s
“That’s something that we can definitely continue to build on. First off all first goal off a set piece for AD (Durden) to get on the end of it was fantastic.
“The second goal was exactly what we were looking for. That type of play. That type of quality back-post service. BB (Bailey) rises up and it’s a fantastic goal.
“There’s definitely a lot for us to continue cleaning up. Obviously there are signs of us moving in the right direction.
“We got to rest a lot of players. We got to play a lot of young kids. We got some people a lot more minutes even tonight than maybe they got even during some of our exhibition games. It was nice to see different players step up. I thought there were a lot of positives from some of the young freshmen.
“Kam Watson was terrific up top. I thought Kennedy Reed steps in in the back line and did a very good job for us. Maria Reyes, once she settled down, calmed down was much, much better. Those are just three and I could highlight even more. Even getting Brilynn Mueller her first minutes in goal gives us a lot of confidence that we’ve got a good goalkeeper room that’s got a lot of competition going on in there.
“So it was exactly what we hoped it would be was to build some confidence, play some quality football and get a victory in front of a great crowd tonight.”