COLUMBIA, Mo. – Freshman Kylee Simmons’ goal in the 60th minute was not enough for University of Missouri Women’s soccer to overtake No. 1 ranked North Carolina as the Tigers fell 3-1 Thursday, Sept. 1 at Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium.
Locked in a struggle for possession through the opening movements, the Tar Heels found the back of the net in the 6th minute to take an early lead.
The Tigers kept battling throughout the entirety of the first 90 minutes, Missouri trailed its ranked opposition by just one shot (6-7) and were even in corner kick opportunities (4-4) when the whistle sounded.
Redshirt-freshman goalkeeper Bella Hollenbach made several terrific stops to keep North Carolina off the scoreboard early in the second half.
Trailing 3-0 in the 60th minute freshman forward Kylee Simmons dribbled through the Tar Heels backline and fired the ball past the outstretched arms of opposing goalkeeper Marz Josephon and into the top right corner of the net.
The goal marked the first given up by North Carolina this season and the first of Simmons’ career.
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In addition to her goal, Simmons tallied two more shots, including one on net in the contest. The second-half score was the first of her collegiate career.
Freshman forward Hannah Boughton played the entirety of the game and posted three shots including two on goal. Boughton has tallied 10 shots through the opening five games of the season.
NOTES
Hollenbach recorded 5+ saves for the third time this season.
Simmons is the sixth different Tiger to record a goal through the early season.
Missouri held North Carolina to 11 total shots which marks…
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