Texans fight back to draw North Dakota State in program’s first ever match – Tarleton State University Athletics

THIBODAUX, La. – It had been over a yr within the making, however the Tarleton Girls’s Soccer program formally took the pitch for the primary time on Thursday. And what a match it was.
 
Midfielder Adriana Alonso-Gomez scored Tarleton’s first ever objective within the seventieth minute to even the match 1-1, which ended as the ultimate within the Texans’ draw towards North Dakota State. It was a reasonably deep shot simply over the goalkeeper’s outstretched fingers that climaxed the Texans’ comeback effort, placing them at 0-0-1 on the younger season.
 
Name it nerves, name it inexperience, name it no matter you want, however the match could not have began worse for Tarleton in Thibodaux, Louisiana, on website of Nicholls on the Nicholls Soccer Complicated. Moreover a climate delay that pushed the match begin time 100 minutes, simply over 30 seconds into the competition, North Dakota State’s Paige Goaley scored to welcome the Texans into NCAA Division I competitors.
 
The Texans, who maintain 16 freshmen and 6 transfers on the squad, did not fold – removed from it. Tarleton stored battling, getting 4 photographs within the first half, keeping off an offsides name and a yellow card, proven to Alonso-Gomez within the thirty fifth minute.
 
The Bison led 1-0 at halftime.
 
Within the second half, Tarleton had the primary two shot makes an attempt, and on its third, Alonso-Gomez linked from distance. The Texans held off North Dakota State from there to earn the draw.

 
Every group had eight photographs on the match, with Texan goalkeeper Mikayla Kendall ending with three saves. Tarleton’s first beginning group was Kendall, Alonso-Gomez, Avery Harr, Macie Johnson, Kaitlyn Flanagan, Macie Witter, Jaycie Bass, Macy Hellwig, Rylee Low, Kiki Baurmann, and Sydney Rouillard.
 
Tarleton will keep in Louisiana for its subsequent match, set for Sunday at 1:30 p.m. CT towards Nicholls.