University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

Bronchos Fall In Opener

9/7/2014 3:14:00 PM

Emily Precure

Box Score

EDMOND (Sept. 7) – Central Oklahoma never got its offense untracked and ended up dropping a season-opening 3-0 decision to No. 15-ranked Minnesota State-Mankato Sunday afternoon at sun-splashed Tom Thompson Field.

The Bronchos had just one good scoring chance in the first half as the Mavericks jumped out to a 2-0 lead and MSU ended up holding a 20-7 shot advantage in improving to 2-0.

"We didn't do a very good job creating many chances on offense and we also had some defensive lapses that cost us," head coach Mike Cook said. "It's a disappointing start, but we can't hang our heads and have to bounce back quickly."

UCO returns in action Tuesday with a 7 p.m. game at near-by Oklahoma Christian before returning home Friday to host Southwestern Oklahoma at 4 p.m.

The Mavericks, who opened their season Friday with a 1-0 win at Southwestern Oklahoma, scored off a corner kick just six minutes into the game.

The Bronchos nearly tied it in the 20^th minute when freshmen speedster Lexi Carroll beat three defenders downfield before getting off a shot from 20 feet away, but MSU's goalkeeper made a superb save and the Mavericks scored less than a minute later to make it 2-0.

UCO had a flurry of activity on the offensive end in the opening minutes of the second half, but were unable to convert anything and MSU ended the scoring in the 64^th minute.

Freshman Elle Stover went the distance in goal for the Bronchos and made eight saves.

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