Soccer caps first season in SEC with sixth conference win

Sunday, October 27

Athens, Ga.

3 PM

University of Texas

13-3-2, 6-3-1

Georgia

7-5-6, 3-3-4

Texas

Georgia

Soccer caps first season in SEC with sixth conference win

10.27.2024 | Soccer

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Texas will head into the 2024 SEC Soccer Tournament having won four of last five matches

By: Chris Allen Brown

ATHENS, Ga. – In a regular season finale over 1,000 miles away from Austin, The University of Texas women's soccer program is bringing back three points to the Lone Star State following Sunday's 1-0 win at Georgia.

Playing in front of more than 1,000 fans on the road for the fifth time this season, head coach Angela Kelly and her squad were more than prepared as the Longhorn offense was credited with 14 shot attempts, marking the eighth straight match with 10-or-more shot attempts, against one of the league's top goalkeepers in Georgia's Jordan Brown.

And it was Lexi Missimo's shot during the 60th minute that went through the hands of Brown and found the back of the net to push Texas ahead 1-0 and provided all the different the Longhorns needed on the afternoon to seal their sixth conference win on the season.

Missimo's goal was setup by Amalia Villarreal winning the ball away from a Georgia defender, then dribbled into the 18-yard box before finding Missimo along the left edge of the 6-yard box. Missimo shot the ball towards Brown, who was unable to handle the loose ball in the air and allowed it to go past her for Missimo's 12th goal on the season and Villarreal's eighth assist this season.

FROM HEAD COACH ANGELA KELLY

"I'm just really proud of the squad (for how they played today). It's really, really hard to win in this conference and it's just that much harder to win on the road, especially on a double weekend. I'm not only proud of this group, but I'm also happy to know how coachable they are and that was evident today. The effort and determination today were outstanding. They followed the plan and understood the information we provided."

FROM DEFENDER MADISON HAUGEN

"It was great being back (at Georgia) – I mean, I loved my time here – but to get a win here was super amazing. I started my career (in Athens, Ga.) and I ended my last regular season here, too, so I'm just pumped to be a part of this program here at Texas and get this win today."

MATCH NOTES

By earning the win in goal on Sunday, Mia Justus became the sixth goalkeeper in program history to win 30-or-more (30) matches during their time on the Forty Acres.
- Justus (2023, 2024) joined Dianna Pfenninger (2006, 2007) as the only goalkeepers in program history to win 30-or-more matches over a two-year span.
- The win also moved Justus, who is in her second season on the Forty Acres, into a tie for fifth with Alexa Gaul (2009-11) on the program's goalkeeper wins list.
Sunday's victory for Texas marked the 10th clean sheet this season for Mia Justus, who became the second student-athlete in program history to be credited with 10-or-more (10) clean sheets in a single season.
- Justus will enter Texas' next match just one clean sheet shy of tying Nicole Curry's single-season clean sheet program record (11) set throughout the 2017 season.
As a result of keeping Georgia out of the scoring column, Mia Justus now has six career clean sheets against SEC opponents with four coming throughout the 2024 campaign.
- Of those six clean sheets, three have now come on the road following Sunday's outcome.
With her goal against the Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon, Lexi Missimo extended her current streak of consecutive matches scored with at least one point to eight straight, which is tied for the third longest such streak in program history.
- Trinity Byars (2022) and Kelly Wilson (2001) hold the program record with nine consecutive matches with at least one point.
- Missimo has recorded at least one point in nine of Texas' 10 SEC matches this season.

UP NEXT

With the 2024 regular season now in the rearview mirror, Texas (13-3-2, 6-3-1) will now turn its attention to the 2024 SEC Soccer Tournament, which will begin in Pensacola, Fla., on Sunday, Oct. 29.
- The Longhorns are expected to be one of the top four seeds for the tournament, meaning the squad will have a first-round bye.
  - However, regular season conference standings won't be made official until Mississippi State – South Carolina and Tennessee – Florida play make up contests after the two matches – originally scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26 – were postponed due to weather.

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