Second-Half Explosion Propels No. 12 TCU over West Virginia, 3-1

Thursday, October 10

Fort Worth, Texas

7 p.m.

TCU

10-2-2, 5-0-2

West Virginia

9-3-2, 5-1-1

West Virginia

TCU

Second-Half Explosion Propels No. 12 TCU over West Virginia, 3-1

10/10/2024 9:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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TCU extends its unbeaten streak to eight matches

FORT WORTH - The No. 12 ranked TCU women's soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to eight games with a 3-1 win over West Virginia at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium on Thursday night. AJ Hennessey, Morgan Brown and Maddie Mooney all scored in the second half offensive explosion that propelled the Horned Frogs to the victory.

The Rundown
After a scoreless first half that saw the Frogs outshoot the Mountaineers, 7-3, the Mountaineers struck first in the 51st minute.

TCU quickly responded as AJ Hennessey found the back of the net just 25 seconds later.. Oli Pena fed Hennessey the ball in the middle part of the field. Hennessey dribbled to the top right of the box and delivered a world class strike past the Mountaineer goalkeeper.

Six minutes later, Morgan Brown gave the Frogs the lead as she collected a rebound with her left foot and fired the ball low and hard to the right corner to put the Frogs up 2-1. The goal marked Brown's first career game-winner.

The Frogs scored their third goal off a set piece in the 70th minute as Maddie Mooney scored off assists from Bella Diorio and Brown. Diorio lobbed a service feed into the box that found Brown, who then found Mooney for the goal.

Quote of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
On why his team is playing well
"It is a lot of different things, these younger kids are starting to figure out how to play college soccer and we are starting to find our rhythm. When we move the ball around it is pretty fun to watch and hard to deal with."

Notes
• TCU recorded 20 shots in a game for the fifth time this year.
• TCU outshot its opponent for 11th time this year (21-7).
• TCU extended its unbeaten streak to eight games (6-0-2).
• TCU is unbeaten in Big 12 play (5-0-2).
• AJ Hennessey scored her third goal of the season and eighth goal of her career.
• Morgan Brown scored her third goal of the season.
• Maddie Mooney scored her first goal of the year and second of her career.
• Bella Diorio tallied her second assist of the year and sixth of her career.
• Diorio led the Frogs with six shots.
• Oli Pena notched her seventh assist of the year and the 14th of her career.
• Pena has four assists over the past two matches.
• Kaela Martinez made her collegiate debut.
• Cameron Patton, Evie Baker, Jennie Immethun, Mooney and Brown played the entirety of the match.

Up Next
No. 12 TCU (10-2-2, 5-0-2 Big 12) plays host to Arizona State for the first time as Big 12 foes on Sunday at 1 p.m. The match will be televised on ESPN+.