On Sunday, Aug. 24, the University of New Mexico women’s soccer team played against the Colorado School of Mines, tying the game after leading 3-2 from three comeback goals.
Colorado forward Bella Campos scored two early goals, giving the Orediggers a 2-0 lead until the 24th minute when Lobos forward Nicole Anderson scored the Lobos’ first goal of the game.
After their first goal, the Lobos became a threat to the Orediggers’ lead, dominating their half and taking more shots — some of which were close range but deflected off of the Mines defense.
Early in the second half, midfielder Alysa Whelchel scored the Lobos’ second goal of the comeback, a close-range shot that tied the game 2-2.
Four minutes later, defensive midfielder Kennedy Brown scored the third goal, giving the Lobos a 3-2 lead, which they held until the 83rd minute when Campos scored the equalizer, earning herself a hat trick.
“I can always learn from these experiences,” Brown said after the game. “I'm still trying to find myself in better positions, find the balance offensively and defensively, but slowly (and) surely I hope to make jumps to just improve.”
The two teams battled for the winning goal in the final six minutes of the game, with each team having goal-scoring opportunities.
Lobo Women’s Soccer Head Coach Heather Dyche said the Lobos scored some good goals, some off of set-pieces, but the team does not do well at the end of games.
“It's two games in a row that we should have won that we ended up giving up a late goal,” Dyche said.
The Lobos tied 1-1 to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last week, during which Dyche said the equalizing goal also happened late in the game.
Dyche said the team didn’t handle Campos the way they should have, and that Campos “made them pay.”
“We had the majority of the ball. We just weren't dangerous enough. We weren't making the right decisions, so when you don't make the right decisions, you don't score goals,” Dyche said. “I think (the Lobos) started to make some better decisions in the final third, but it was too little, too late.”
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The Lobos are on the road next week, where they will play the University of Oregon on Aug. 28 and Oregon State University on Aug. 31, both of which Dyche said will be a “great test,” for the team.
Paloma Chapa is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at multimedia@dailylobo.com or on X @paloma_chapa8
Paloma Chapa is the multimedia editor for the Daily Lobo. She can be reached at multimedia@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @paloma_chapa88
