- September 16, 2024
Women’s Soccer Extends Shutout Streak
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women’s soccer team extended their shutout streak to four in a row by defeating the Prairie View A&M Panthers 4-0 on Thursday at UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
Additionally, senior Libby Beilfuss became the program leader in career matches played with her 81st match played at UTRGV. She also currently ranks fifth in matches started (67) and fourth in minutes played (5,883).
The Vaqueros (4-2-1) didn’t waste much time to get on the board as sophomore Rosie Train connect with freshman Jordan Matthews who scored her second goal of the season to give UTRGV the 1-0 lead in the 10th minute.
Almost nine minutes later, sophomore Linnea Eld extended UTRGV’s lead to 2-0 in the 19th minute with her second goal of the season, but the scoring didn’t end there for the Vaqueros as sophomore Arndís Eggertsdóttir score her first goal the season in the 34th minute for the 3-0 lead.
The Vaqueros dominated the first half outshooting the Panthers (1-6-0) 14 to 1 and 8 to 1 on goal.
In the second half, the Vaqueros added to their lead as senior Abbie Bailey converted on a penalty kick to make it 4-0 in the 47th minute, which put the cap on the scoring.
The Vaqueros finished the match with 17 shots and nine on goal and held the Panthers to the one shot.
The Vaqueros will be back in action on Sunday when they hit the road to face the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns at 1 p.m. at Home Bank Soccer & Track Complex.