No. 17 TCU Battles To 2-2 Tie With No. 16 Harvard

Saturday, September 17

Fort Worth, Texas

7 p.m.

TCU

5-2-2, 0-0-0

Harvard

6-0-1, 0-0-0

Harvard

TCU

Photo by: Ellman Photography

No. 17 TCU Battles To 2-2 Tie With No. 16 Harvard

9/17/2022 10:09:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Bright tallies both goals

FORT WORTH – No. 17 TCU tied No. 16 Harvard 2-2 Saturday night at Garvey-Rosenthal. Messiah Bright scored both goals for the Horned Frogs and Lauren Kellett made a season-high seven saves.

The Rundown
TCU jumped in front with a goal in the sixth minute. Chaylyn Hubbard's shot was deflected right to an open Messiah Bright, who turned and fired a laser into the net to give TCU the 1-0 lead.

Lauren Kellett made four quality saves in the first half. In the 12th minute, she made a diving stop to her right to keep the Crimson off the board.

TCU clung to its lead, but couldn't escape the half with the advantage. Harvard's Aslaug Gunnlaugsdottir broke away from defenders and shot a bullet from distance for the equalizer in the 45th minute.

Harvard pulled ahead in the 55th minute when Gunnlaugsdottir struck again. She once again broke free and fired a shot into the far upper corner to give the Crimson a 2-1 lead.

The Crimson missed an opportunity to go up 3-1 when a free kick attempt ricocheted off the crossbar. Two minutes later, Bright scored her second goal of the night on a beautiful feed from Hubbard in the 71st minute.

The last 20 minutes were a back-and-forth battle. Despite several quality looks for both teams, they settled for the tie.

Stat of the Game
8 – With her two goals, Messiah Bright notched the eighth multi-goal game of her career.

Quote of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
Overall thoughts on the game
"Overall, from a fans' perspective it was a good college soccer game. From my perspective, I think it's an opportunity lost. When we score first, the expectation is to win the game. I don't want to discredit Harvard for making it hard, but when we score first the expectation is to win the game."

On Messiah Bright
"Messiah was Messiah tonight. She's a 1st-Team All-American for a reason and she showed that tonight. She had two fantastic goals tonight and that's what we expect from a fifth-year."

On Chaylyn Hubbard's ability to attack
"It was one of the best games she's played all season as far as getting forward in the attack and being aggressive. It's the expectation we have for her moving forward. She can do that for 90 minutes against the best teams in the country."

Notes
• TCU finishes non-conference play with a 5-2-2 record.
• With the tie, TCU is 2-1-1 against ranked opponents this season.
• TCU was outshot by opponents for the second time this season.
• TCU recorded double-digit shot attempts for the ninth time this season.
• TCU tallied more corner kicks than its opponent for the eighth time this season.
• Messiah Bright scored her sixth and seventh goals of the season, bringing her career total to 46.
• Bright led the team with five shots in the contest.
• Chaylyn Hubbard notched her first and second assists of the season giving her nine in her career.
• Brenna Brosam and Camryn Lancaster played the entire contest

Up Next
No. 17 TCU (5-2-2) opens Big 12 play at home against No. 20 Texas (6-1-1) on Thursday. Game time is slated for 7 p.m. The game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.