No. 16 Soccer remains undefeated at Mike A. Myers Stadium in 2024

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No. 16 Soccer remains undefeated at Mike A. Myers Stadium in 2024

09.08.2024 | Soccer

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Texas moves to 5-0-1 in six matches at home this season

By: Chris Allen Brown

AUSTIN, Texas – There's no place like home for The University of Texas women's soccer program as the Longhorns won their fifth match at Mike A. Myers Stadium this season following Sunday's 3-0 victory against Long Beach State.

In six total matches at home so far this season, the Texas offense has outscored its opponents, 13-1, including six unanswered once Sunday night's action concluded. On the other side of the pitch, the Longhorn defense and goalkeeper Mia Justus have been credited with five clean sheets in matches played on the Forty Acres in 2024.

Dating back to last season's matchup, Texas has scored five unanswered goals against Long Beach State with all five goals coming via a different student-athlete.

During the 2024 edition of the series history between Texas and Long Beach State, it was three first-half goals and a stout Longhorn defense that was the difference. Not only did Ashlyn Miller and Jilly Shimkin find the back of the net for the first time this season, Lexi Missimo became the first student-athlete in program history to reach the 50-goal, 50-assist milestone for her collegiate career with a goal at the 18:41 mark of the first half.

FROM HEAD COACH ANGELA KELLY

"I'm just pleased – first and foremost – because it's three points, three goals and 17 shots with five on them on goal. If you hit the face five times and score on three of those five, that's a nearly 75-to-80 scoring percentage and that's pretty good. We are really excited about that efficiency. Obviously, you have to give credit to Long Beach State, too. They pressed in different ways and that allowed us to practice getting out of different tight spaces; definitely want to continue getting continuity and a great rhythm of play."

MATCH NOTES

By holding the Long Beach State offense without a goal throughout 90 minutes on Sunday evening, Texas senior goalkeeper Mia Justus has now been credited with five clean sheets in seven Longhorn contests so far this season.
- Justus' five clean sheets are two shy of tying for seventh on the program's single-season clean sheet list.
  - Nicole Curry currently holds the program's single season record after recording 11 clean sheets throughout the 2017 campaign.
Texas freshman Amalia Villarreal turned in her first career multi-assist contest after the Michigan native was credited with an assist on Ashlyn Miller and Lexi Missimo's first-half goals.
- Villarreal becomes the third Longhorn women's soccer student-athlete to record a multi-assist match this season, joining seniors Jilly Shimkin and Missimo.
- Villarreal also became the first Texas freshman women's soccer student-athlete to record a multi-assist match since Liz Worden was credited with a pair in Texas' 3-2 victory against Florida on Aug. 28, 2022.
With her first-half goal, Lexi Missimo joins Trinity Byars are the only active Division I women's soccer student-athletes to have scored 50-or-more goals throughout their collegiate careers.
- Byars leads all active Division I women's soccer student-athletes with 52 career goals, while Missimo will enter Texas' next match with 50.
By scoring the first goal of Sunday's match, senior Ashlyn Miller became the first student-athlete in program history to score goals in multiple matches against Long Beach State.
- In last season's season-opening match, Miller scored Texas' first goal — at the 51:07 mark in the second half — en route to a 4-3 Longhorn victory over LBSU in California.
Texas now moves to 28-1-2 all time when Lexi Missimo scores a goal following her first-half goal against The Beach.

UP NEXT

Texas (6-0-1) will look to close out the non-conference portion of its 2024 season when the Longhorns take on Houston Christian (1-3-2) at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12 inside Mike A. Myers Stadium.
- The Huskies are coming off consecutive ties in back-to-back matches after finishing 90-minute matches against Abilene Christian (0-0) and UTEP (1-1).

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