No. 14 Soccer’s Missimo inches closer to historic season against No. 6 BYU

Monday, September 25

Austin, TX

7 PM

University of Texas

7-3-1, 1-2-0

BYU

9-1-1, 2-0-1

BYU

Texas

No. 14 Soccer’s Missimo inches closer to historic season against No. 6 BYU

09.25.2023 | Soccer

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Texas junior midfielder Lexi Missimo moves a goal away from first 15-goal, 15-assist season in program history.

By: Chris Allen Brown

AUSTIN, Texas – In the only ranked-versus-ranked Division I women's soccer match on Monday night, Texas junior midfielder Lexi Missimo continued to show why she's one of the top student-athletes in the nation despite the Longhorns falling to No. 6 BYU, 3-2.

Missimo, who entered Monday's contest leading the country in total assists (15) and total points (39), moved to the top spot in total goals (14) following her third brace — a two-goal performance — on the season. She joins TCU's Seven Castain as the only Division I women's student-athlete to record a brace against the Cougar defense, which traveled to Austin with a 1.10 goals-against average on the season.

Missimo and teammate Trinity Byars put the Longhorns ahead, 1-0, on a Texas goal less than 4:20 into the match, marking the second-quickest goal allowed by the BYU defense this season.

Missimo evened the score 2-2 with a goal in the 66', making Texas the first team to score multiplte goals against BYU since TCU netted three on Thursday, Sept. 14.

BYU scored the game-winning goal on a chip shot by Erin Bailey with less than seven minutes left to play in the second half.

FROM HEAD COACH ANGELA KELLY

"I'm disappointed. I think the effort is definitely there, it's just being able to execute. Numerous of our student-athletes put in the work tonight and worked their tails off. We win and lose together. The quality of people we are coaching is just phenomenal. It's my joy every day. Now we just need to get some good fortunate going our way and get back in the win column."

MATCH NOTES

With her four points on two goals Monday night, Lexi Missimo is now tied with Trinity Byars (2022) for second on the program's single-season point list.
- Missimo will enter Thursday night's matchup against West Virginia with 43 points this season, three back of tying Kelly Wilson's mark of 46 set during the 2004 season.
Monday night's scoring performance marked the third brace for Lexi Missimo on the season and pushed her season total to 14 goals, three back of Trinity Byars' single-season goals record of 17 set just last season.
By scoring two goals against the BYU defense on Monday night, Lexi Missimo became the first-ever women's soccer student-athlete in program history to have at least 30 career goals and 45 career assists.
- With eight more goals, Missimo will join Kelly Wilson as the only student-athlete in program history to scored 40-or-more goals and be credited with 40-or-more assists throughout their career on the Forty Acres.
Texas sophomore defender Breana Thompson was credited with her first career assist when she sparked the Lexi Missimo's second-half goal.
First-year Longhorn Abby Allen returned to the pitch for Texas on Monday when the UNC transfer defender drew the starting assignment.
- Allen, who last played on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, went on to play 90 minutes for the first time since Texas knocked off SMU on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023.

UP NEXT

Texas (7-3-1, 1-2-0) will look to snap its two-match skid on Thursday, Sept. 28, when the Longhorns face off against West Virginia (3-6-2, 1-2-0) at 6 p.m. at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

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