Women's Soccer | 9/8/2016 10:43:00 AM
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ABILENE - The Abilene Christian soccer team reaches the end of its non-conference schedule Friday and Sunday against quality sides from Oklahoma State and SMU. Each match will kick off at 7 p.m.
The Wildcats (1-4-1) went 1-1 last weekend as they followed a 5-0 home victory vs. Prairie View A&M with a 3-1 loss at 15th-ranked Texas Tech. Senior striker
Natalie Throneberry scored twice for the Wildcats in becoming the first ACU player in two seasons to record a multi-goal performance. ACU also received a solid effort in goal from redshirt freshman
Rachel Johnson, who was awarded a Southland Conference honorable mention citation for pitching a shutout in her first collegiate match.
Chelsea Reedy,
Alyssa Gerner and
Dylan Owens scored for the Wildcats vs. Prairie View, while senior
Leslie Snider scored their lone goal vs. the Red Raiders with an assist from
Chloe Fifer.
Oklahoma State is 2-3-1 coming into Friday's match with ACU after suffering consecutive losses to Central Florida (3-2) and Florida (7-2). The Cowgirls' last win was a 4-1 decision against the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts, who the Wildcats played to a scoreless tie on Aug. 26.
SMU is 3-1 with two of those victories coming against Southland Conference opposition from Northwestern State (8-0) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (9-0). The Mustangs also beat Indiana, 2-1, but lost to Butler by the same score. SMU will play at nationally ranked BYU Thursday in Provo, Utah before coming home to host the Wildcats.
