TCU Comes Up Short At Baylor

Friday, September 28

Waco, Texas

7:00 p.m. CT

TCU

7-3-2, 0-2-1Big 12

Baylor

8-4-0, 1-1-0Big 12

TCU

Baylor

Photo by: Ellman Photography

TCU Comes Up Short At Baylor

9/28/2018 9:29:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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WACO, Texas – Baylor scored in the 59^th minute and withstood a furious TCU rally to hand the Horned Frogs a 1-0 loss Friday night at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. Emily Alvarado made a career-high nine saves in goal.

The Rundown
TCU and Baylor played a scoreless first half with the Bears holding a 7-3 advantage in shots. Emily Alvarado made six saves in the period to keep the Bears off the board.

Payton Crews had TCU's best look at goal in the half after a strong defensive play from Yazmeen Ryan at midfield. She carried the ball into the attacking third and fed a pass to Crews. Her shot from the top of the penalty area was stopped by the Bears' goalkeeper.

Baylor opened the scoring in the 59^th minute as it took advantage of a foul called on the Horned Frogs. The free kick bounced around inside the penalty area where it was eventually picked up by Camryn Wendlandt. Her turnaround shot found its way to the back of the net for a 1-0 Baylor lead.

Following the Baylor goal, TCU battled back and had some looks at goal. The Horned Frogs fired off six shots forcing the Bears goalkeeper to make a trio of tough stops to preserve the lead.

Stat of the Game
9 – Emily Alvarado made a career-high nine saves in the game, topping her previous mark of seven set earlier this season. Six of the nine stops came in the first half.

Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
On the game:
"I thought we fought against a team that prides themselves in fighting. We tried to make it into a soccer game, but it was hard to do that. From a defensive standpoint, I thought we were pretty solid. We gave up a goal off a set-piece and didn't do well in that regard. You have to keep the ball when you have it and we did not do a really good job of that."

Notes
• TCU tallied double-digit shots for the 10^th time this season.
• TCU was shutout for just the third time this season.
• TCU allowed double-digit shots for just the fourth time this season.
• TCU was outshot for just the fourth time this season.
• Messiah Bright led the team with two shots.
• Cachet Lue, Tijana Djuricek, Kayla Hill and Karitas Tomasdottir played the entirety of the match.

Up Next
TCU (7-3-2, 0-2-1) returns home to take on No. 6 Texas on Sunday afternoon. Game time is set for 1 p.m. at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium. The match will be televised on FSSW+.