Soccer blanks Lipscomb in 2022 season opener, 5-0

Thursday, August 18

Austin, Texas

7 p.m. CT

University of Texas

1-0-0, 0-0-0

Lipscomb

0-1-0, 0-0-0

Lipscomb

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Soccer blanks Lipscomb in 2022 season opener, 5-0

08.18.2022 | Soccer

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Texas freshman Liz Worden led the charge in her collegiate debut with a brace (two goals) and an assist

AUSTIN, Texas – On Thursday night at Mike A. Myers Stadium, Texas soccer (1-0-0) kicked off the 2022 campaign in style by blasting past defending Atlantic Sun Conference champion Lipscomb (0-1-0) in both teams' season-opener, 5-0.

In her collegiate debut, freshman forward Liz Worden powered the Longhorns offensive onslaught by scoring her first career brace (two goals) and registering an assist. Sophomore defender EmJ Cox, sophomore transfer midfielder Jilly Shimkin (making her Texas debut) and senior defender Cameron Brooks each scored a goal and dished an assist. Sophomore MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List inclusion Lexi Missimo recorded two assists, while senior forward Mackenzie McFarland also managed an assist.

Texas Match Notes

Freshman forward Liz Worden's second goal marked the 1000th all-time goal in Texas soccer history.
Three of Texas' five goals came off set pieces (two corners, one free kick).
The Longhorns extended their home unbeaten streak to nine matches (7-0-2) dating back to Sept. 12, 2021. UT has outscored its opposition over that stretch, 23-3.
Texas' 5-0 victory was the second-largest season-opening triumph in school history behind a 12-0 rout of Pittsburgh back on Sept. 1, 1996.
Texas five goals tied for the second-most in a season opener in program history (12 vs. Pittsburgh on Sept. 1, 1996; 5 vs. East Carolina on Aug. 29, 2003).
Texas out-shot Lipscomb by a total of 20-10, including 10-3 in shots on goal, and led 8-2 in corner kicks.
Texas is now 17-11-1 all-time in season-opening matches and 6-4-1 under the guidance of head coach Angela Kelly.
With two helpers against Lipscomb, sophomore midfielder Lexi Missimo now has 18 assists and 42 total points over her first 26 collegiate matches. The 18 helpers already tie four Longhorns for the 10th spot all-time in Longhorns career history.
Texas is now 36-4-3 since the start of the 2018 campaign when scoring first in a match and has won 43 consecutive matches when scoring two-or-more goals in a contest.

The Details

Texas came out on the front foot to open the match as Missimo (53 seconds) and fifth-year senior defender Carlee Allen (2:02) managed the first two shots for either team.

Continuing to apply strong pressure up top, the Longhorns earned a corner in the sixth minute. Missimo delivered a perfectly-weighted ball to the top of the six-yard box. Leaping in from out of nowhere was EmJ Cox as the sophomore defender skied above everyone to head a seven-yard effort into the left side netting for a quick 1-0 advantage (6:01).

Lipscomb got on the board shot-wise at 11:24 and 16:26 as Faith Adams and Shelby Craft fired 25-plus yard efforts right into the waiting arms of Texas graduate goalkeeper Savannah Madden.

The Burnt Orange & White struck again off a set piece at 26:56 to grab a 2-0 lead. Missimo fed a ball in towards the back post that was headed by a Lipscomb defender. Brooks was waiting for it to drop at the left post and quickly headed a four-yard shot down and on frame that ended up in the middle of three players. The ball ricocheted around within the group on goal line, but Worden managed to get the last touch as her right knee deflected it in for her first collegiate score.

Back at the other end, Lipscomb had a great chance just go awry at 31:32 as Marcella Cash's 18-yard shot from the top of the box traveled inches over the cross bar before settling on the top netting.

After another high Bisons shot (35:27), UT senior forward Teni Akindoju nearly made it 3-0, but her header from the middle of the 18 at 36:21 ventured right to Lipscomb keeper CJ Graham.

In the 42nd minute, LU earned a dangerous free kick just outside the top of the 18. Adams stepped up and blasted a shot right off Texas' defensive wall. The ball ricocheted out to the right where a Bisons player took possession and fed a cross to the back post. Logan McFadden managed to leap high in the air and get her head on a seven-yard shot only to have it venture harmlessly left of frame.

Out of the halftime break, it didn't take long for Texas to grab another at 51:06. EmJ Cox started the action with a solid pass out of the back. Worden took possession just past midfield and lifted a feed ahead into the path of Shimkin. The Rockville Centre, N.Y., took one quick dribble to settle the ball before slotting an 18-yard effort past Graham and into the twine for a 3-0 lead.

Lipscomb's best offensive spell of the match came during the 58th and 59th minutes. Emily Patti nearly got the Bisons on the board at 57:46, but her shot from the right wing was saved off the goal line by leaping Texas junior defender Lauren Lapomarda.

Just 37 seconds later, Lipscomb's Emanuela Schurch rattled a shot from the left side off the left post before Texas could clear its lines.

Still holding firm to its clean sheet, Texas' offense quickly got back to work putting the match away. Missimo had a solid chance blocked at 61:42 as the Southlake, Texas, native took possession of a Lapomarda cross about 12 yards out in the middle but had her effort rattle off a defender before being cleared.

Off a free kick in the 68th minute, Missimo began another scoring play by driving a ball into a crowd at the top of the six. Much like Cox earlier in the match, Brooks leapt over everyone to head a seven-yard shot just inside the left post to make it 4-0.

During the 73rd minute, a pass up the right wing from fifth-year senior Mackenzie McFarland found Shimkin near the end line. The sophomore transfer quickly crossed the ball in towards the top of the six where Worden was waiting in space to complete her brace from seven yards out and finalize Texas' five-goal output.

Lipscomb had one final opportunity to get on the board at 82:30 but Kale'a Perry's shot traveled wide right.