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Tech Soccer Falls to Syracuse 4-0
September 19, 1999 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 19, 1999
LUBBOCK, Texas - In the final game of the Four Points Sheration Shoot-Out, the Syracuse Orangewomen came away with the championship in a 4-0 triumph over the host Red Raiders. Syracuse went 2-0 in the shoot-out as Tech was 1-1 and North Texas 0-2.
Syracuse, a 1998 NCAA tournament participant, scored two goals in both halves. The Orangewomen got on the board at 11:21 on an unassisted goal by Cindy Wolf and then again in the first half at 44:52 on a kick by Erin O?Grady with an assist by Jenna Szyluk. In the second half, O?Grady scored again at 48:49. At the 61:17 mark, Molly Schmelzle knocked in Syracuse?s final goal on an assist by Wolf.
Syracuse outshot Tech 14-9, while having seven corner kicks to the Red Raiders two. Tech?s junior Jennifer Hamm had three shots, including two on goal. Three other Red Raiders had one shot apiece. Sophomore goalkeeper Brittany Peese played at 90 minutes in the goal and tallied five saves.
?Syracuse is a very good team,? said head coach Felix Oskam. ?We are not ashamed to lose to a good team, but we are disappointed that we allowed two goals in the first half. We tried to make adjustments for the second half, then they scored in the first 10 minutes and that really broke our back.?
The Red Raiders, 3-4-1, will travel to Fort Worth, Texas next weekend for a Friday (Sept. 24) game with TCU at 4 p.m. and then play Northwestern State on Saturday (Sept. 25) at 2 p.m.
