DENTON, Texas—A flurry of second half goals by North Texas was too much to overcome, as the Northwestern State soccer team dropped a 7-0 decision to the Mean Green Thursday night.
"It was the first opportunity for the players when seeing a team with that sort of pace," co-head coach Jess Jobe said. "We gained valuable experience for young players.i"
Acelya Aydogmus started at goalkeeper for Northwestern State (0-1), and allowed five goals in her 73 minutes of action, but came up with nice saves to keep the Lady Demons in the match early on, as they trailed 2-0 at halftime. Aydogmus had seven saves total.
"We're pleased with Acelya," co-head coach Jess Jobe said. She performed well and I thought the played better than the statistics showed."
North Texas (1-0) controlled play early, and broke through in the 15th minute, as Barklee Peters found the back of the net to break the scoreless tie. Taylor Hunter scored in the 26th minute to put the Mean Green in front 2-0. Hunter was the high school teammate of current Lady Demon freshman Rachel Brandt.
Three goals in the span of two minutes put the game away for the Mean Green. First, it was Logan Bruffett, who scored in the right side of the box after a nice pass from Michelle Gonzalez from the top of the box.
That was followed 39 seconds later by Peters' second goal of the night, who received a pass from Buffett in the box and she turned around and caught Aydogmus flat-footed, and Peters shot it past Aydogmus.
Two minutes later, Elle Marie DeFrain scored following a throw-in to make it 5-0.
Allie Byrd and Olivia Klein scored late to make the final 7-0 against Kayla Bomben.
North Texas outshot Northwestern State 25-0 and 15-0 in shots on goal.
NSU is back in action on Sunday as the Lady Demons travel to Waco to take on the No. 14 Baylor Bears. Their first home contest is next Sunday against Louisiana Tech.
"We want to be a bit ore resilient and stronger with the ball when playing against an opponent like this," Jobe said. We need to be able to whether the storm because a team like this will put pressure on you. We'll be better Sunday after the experience we received against North Texas."
