University of Houston
Southern Miss*
Houston Soccer Ties Southern Miss in Home Finale
10/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Soccer
With Southern Miss leading 3-2 and the clock winding down, a Golden Eagles penalty in their own goal box set Hawkins up for the penalty kick. After the kick was blocked by USM goalie Anna Snyder, Hawkins blasted the deflected ball straight into the back of the net for the game-tying goal.
Southern Miss struck first at 16:21 when Carly Barkley sailed a pass from Sarah Brennan past a diving Sarah Webster. Houston evened the score four minutes later at 20:51 when Hawkins fed junior Anne Gasser a pass, which she then sailed past a diving Snyder.
Less than a minute later, Southern Miss regained the lead when Brennan shot a pass from Kimberley Turner to Webster, who after getting her hands on the ball, knocked it into the net for the score.
Barkley scored the Golden Eagles' third and final goal at 55:35 when she ran uncontested and beat Erin Ferguson, who replaced Webster in the first half, to the net.
The Houston offense continued to plug away and with just under 10 minutes left in the second period, pulled to within one goal when sophomore Meghan Moreo scored following passes from Gasser and fellow sophomore Kelly Golden to make the score 3-2.
Houston out-shot Southern Miss, 28-15, including 15-9 on-goal. Snyder recorded 12 saves for the Golden Eagles, while Webster and sophomore Ferguson combined for six saves.
Prior to the game, seniors Emily Allwardt and Nicole Aubuchon were honored for their four-year careers as Cougars.
With the tie, Houston's season record now rests at 3-12-2, including 1-7-1 in C-USA. They close out the 2003 regular season on Sunday against the Tulane Green Wave at 1:00p.m. in New Orleans.
