ABILENE, Tx.- West Georgia Women's Soccer (0-11-2, 0-3 UAC) fell to Abilene Christian (7-2-5, 3-0-2 UAC) 4-0 on Friday afternoon in Texas.
West Georgia's defense with Emily Sanabria in goal kept this a 1-0 game for almost 28 minutes. Abilene Christian's first goal came at the 10:37 mark from Baylie Simon. From there, the Wildcats would keep the pressure on. Sanabria saved a bottom center of the net shot from Mikayla Abrenica at the 22-minute mark, and the Wildcats would be flagged four times for offsides in the first half.
Abilene Christian would string together three goals in just over two minutes with the first at 38:32 by Gracie Kelly. Then again at 39:47 on a penalty kick from Addison Briscoe, and again at 40:34 by Aliyah Anderson, making the score 4-0 ACU.
The Wolves would find their first shot of the day from Taylor Richardson during the 30-minute mark but would be just off target for UWG. Richardson would fire another shot twelve minutes later with a shot towards the bottom center but would be saved from ACU's keeper Bella Medrano.
To begin the second half Kaialani Wise and Noemi Casique would put shots on target just 16 seconds apart, but both would be saved by the Wildcat keeper. Kaylen Brown and Isa Ramirez would put one on target a piece but could not get it through keeper Bella Medrano. Between the 82 minute and 89-minute, Wolf forward Bella Yelton would send two shots towards the goal in the final minutes of the match.
The Wolves finished with 12 shots and nine on target against ACU's keeper. Abilene's goals all came within two stretches of the first half, 10:37 and from 38:32 to 40:34.
West Georgia soccer is back in action traveling down I-20 to Tarleton State where they are set to face the Texans Sunday October, 18th at 2 p.m. EST.
