The LSUS Lady Pilot finally got the proverbial monkey off their back this past week. The Lady Pilots broke a four-game slide scoring double-digit goals against Texas College. They started a new streak of two with the win over Jarvis Christian 2-1 in double overtime. The overtime win broke the streak of five overtime games without a win. LSUS Lady Pilots are 1-2-3 in overtime matches this year. The two wins moved the Lady Pilots into seventh place with 10 points in the standing and striking distance within the coveted sixth spot to make the RRAC tournament. Texas A & M – Texarkana sit on that spot with 14 points. The Lady Pilots will have to win both games this upcoming weekend and hope TAMTU loses both of their matches. They will have a tall order to get past second-place Southwestern on Thursday afternoon.
The Men’s soccer team also broke a streak of a four-match winning streak with the 1-1 tie against Jarvis Christian on Saturday. The tie, though, continues a streak of five games without a loss. The streak has pushed LSUS into fifth place in the RRAC and looks to be in a solid position to make the conference tournament. The match with Southwest is a battle for the No. 4 spot which would mean a first-round home match. Two wins could push them as high as third place in the conference. Two losses and they could end their season.
Here is the recap from last week
LSUS Lady Pilots
LSUS 10, Texas College 0
Possession was dominated by the Lady Pilots in the first half as LSUS outshot the Lady Steers 21-2. Chelsea Brown and Gabriela Roa each had a goal in the 2nd minute of the game. Ameris Taylor assisted on both goals. Roa and Brown took two more shots on target in the first fifteen minutes. Kirsten Nolan added another shot on target before Texas College got their first shot. Texas College took their first shot in the 17th minute. Ryleigh Smith pushed the lead to 3-0 with an assist from Brown also in the 17th minute. Nolan took two more chances in the next fifteen minutes. Texas College got their second shot in the 19th minute. Gabriela de Jesus found the back of the net in the 32nd minute. The Lady Pilots continued to pepper Texas College goalkeeper Katherine Salas with shot after shot. Salas had 12 saves in the first half. LSUS took a 4-0 lead into halftime.
Just eight seconds into the second half Brown scored her second goal of the match with an assist by Kirsten Nolan. Nolan and Brown took two more shots. Aimee Dillworth scored on a penalty kick to increase the lead to 6-0. Nolan had taken five shots in the match before she struck gold with her sixth shot in the 50th minute with an assist by de Jesus. de Jesus grabbed her second goal in the 53rd minute with an assist from Brown. Ryleigh Smith scored her second goal of the match in the 61st minute. Texas College got their only shot of the half in the 66th minute. LSUS went to double-digit goals in the last minute Roa’s second goal of the match.
LSUS outshot Texas College 36-3. Kirsten Nolan had nine shots with one goal and one assist. Chelsea Brown had six shots with two goals and an assist. Gabriela de Jesus had five-shot, two goals, and an assist. Gabriela Roa had five shots and two goals. Ryleigh Smith took four shots and netted two goals. Aimee Dillworth had two shots and a goal. Victoria Davis took two shots. Ameris Taylor took a shot and had two assists. Alyssa Castillo and Charlotte Schmidt added a shot.
LSUS 2, Jarvis Christian 1 (2OT)
The LSUS Lady Pilots had to make a second-half comeback to take home the RRAC win. The two teams evenly controlled the ball in the first fifteen with a shot each. The Lady Bulldogs punched through first on a breakaway goal in the 22nd minute. LSUS took the chances to their third with shots by Ryleigh Smith, Gabriela Roa, and Kirsten Nolan but no luck. With less than a minute remaining in the half, Gabriela de Jesus got the opportunity for a free kick. The shot soared past the goalie into the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1 heading into the half. LSUS outshot Jarvis Christian 6-2 in the first half.
LSUS took control early and pushed the ball to their third. Three corner kicks and shots by Roa and de Jesus couldn’t break the tie. Yozary Gonzales took the lone shot by Jarvis Christian in the first 20 minutes. LSUS continued to be stingy with the ball as Brown and Smith fired two shots and Sofia Ahlsted and Nolar took their opportunities. The Lady Pilots got three more corners. Nolan and Roa took shots in the closing minutes but were still deadlocked at 1-1. LSUS had the upper hand again with 12 to 3 shots. The Lady Pilots forced 8 saves in the second half.
Brown and de Jesus each took a shot in the first overtime but were unable to score. The Lady Bulldogs only got one shot by Monserrat Olvera. The two headed to double overtime.
Carlota Alcalde was charged with a yellow card right at the start of the second overtime. Roa took a shot that went wide. Nolan came on the pitch for de Jesus. That sub paid off a minute and a half left in the 105th minute with Nolan nailing the winning shot with an assist by Roa.
LSUS outshot Jarvis Christian 22 to 7. The Lady Pilots also had 10 corners to the Lady Bulldogs 2. Kirsten Nolan took six shots with one goal. Roa had five shots. Gabriela de Jesus had three shots and one goal. Chelsea Brown and Ryleigh Smith had three shots all of which are all on goal. Aimee Dillworth and Sofia want Ahlstedt each took a shot.
LSUS Pilots
LSUS 5, Texas College 0
The Pilots pushed their winning to four matches with the 5-0 win over the Texas College Steers. They have outscored their opponents 17-2 in the past four games. LSUS came out of the gate shooting with shots by Matt Robers, Adam Gonzales, and Julius Williams followed by a corner kick all in the first 10 minutes. Williams took one more change but was saved by Steer’s goalkeeper Edward Vazquez. Gonzales found gold in the 12th minute with assists by Scott Neil and Roberts. Less than eight minutes again the Pilot struck with another Gonzales goal and assist by Neil. Texas College was already down 2-0 before their first shot in the 21st minute. Gonzales tried to make it a first-half hat trick but the header shot went high. Roberts also took his opportunity. James Averies scored for the Pilots in the 29th minute. Julius Williams scored once more in the first half with an assist by Maurice Theart. LSUS took a 4-0 lead into halftime. LSUS took 14 shots to Texas College’s 2 in the first half. LSUS also had 6 corners in the first half showing their dominance in their third of the pitch.
The Pilots struggled with three offsides calls and two fouls in the first fifteen minutes of the second half. Scott Neil took a shot that required a save in the 68th minute. LSUS gave some of their players some pitch time with multiple subs in between the 75th minute and 79th minute. Julius Williams scored a second goal in the 89th minute with another assist for Maurice Theart.
LSUS outshot Texas College 19-2 for the match. LSUS also had 11 corners for the 5-0 match.
Julius Williams and Adam Gonzales each had four shots and two goals. Scott Neil and Matt Roberts each had three shots and two assists. Maurice Theart had two shots and two assists. James Averies made his one shot count with a goal. Aresenios Dimitrious and Gledi Doda each had a shot.
LSUS 1, Jarvis Christian 1 (2 OT)
The streak increased to five games without a loss with the 1-1 tie against Jarvis Christian Bulldogs at the Swamp. The tie did break the four game winning streak. A lot of midfield action took place first 25 minutes. LSUS had shots from Julius Williams and Maurice Theart and both were around the goal. The Pilots struggled with the referee’s whistle on fouls. They accumulated four fouls in the first 25 minutes. A yellow card came out for Scott Neil in the 28th minute. Adam Gonzales struck again with a goal in the 33rd minute. Theart and Hugo Juliao were credited with the shots. Another yellow card was issued to the Pilots to James Averies. Two more fouls were called on the Pilots. LSUS closed out the first half up 1-0. LSUS had six fouls called on them compared to two for Jarvis Christian. LSUS outshot Jarvis Christian 7-3.
Each team kept the play even in the first thirty with only one shot and a corner by each team. Scott Neil got close with a shot that required a save by the goalie. Abdoul Karim Pare took back-to-back shots but no goal. In the final ten minutes, Williams and Liam Vivian tried to put a cushion on the lead but had no luck. The only shot in the final ten minutes by Jarvis Christian hit pay dirt with a shot by Braulio Campos with 21 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime.
The first overtime saw frustrations by both teams as each was issued a yellow card. Hugo Juliao received one for the Pilots and the Jarvis Christian team was issued a yellow card. No shots were taken in the first overtime.
Maurice Theart shot was saved by the goalie in the 102nd minute. Williams took the rebound shot but went high with the hit. Goalie Max Rose had to get a save in the 107th minute by Campos. The last shot by Jarvis Christian Johna Arevalo went high and the tie stayed intact.
LSUS outshot Jarvis Christian 15-7 for the game. The referee whistle stayed busy with 11 fouls for the Pilots and 7 for the Bulldogs. Maurice Theart had 3 shots with a goal and an assist for the Pilots. Julius Williams also took three shots. Hugo Juliao had two shots and an assist. Abdoul Karim Pare took two chances at the goal. Adam Gonzales got the lone goal for the Pilots for his one shot. Scott Neil, Martin Rasmussen, James Averies, and Liam Vivian all contributed one shot.
Pilots and Lady Pilots Get Nominated for RRAC Player of the Week Honors
The Pilots for the first time in four weeks did not have a player identified as the Player of the Weeks. Last week’s Offensive Player of the Week Adam Gonzales was nominated once again. James Averies also got the nod as a nominee in the week of Oct 18-24. Lady Pilots were nominated for the Player of the Week honor for Oct 18-24 were Gabriela de Jesus and Madison Salas.
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