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ULM Soccer Falls in Season Finale to Arkansas State

ULM Soccer Falls in Season Finale to Arkansas State

Soccer Nov 01
MONROE, La. - Junior defender Megan Payne scored early in the second half, but the ULM women's soccer team fell, 5-1, to Arkansas State on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 1) in its final game of the 2009 season.

Arkansas State (8-9-2, 5-5-1) opened the scoring just over five minutes into the contest as Michelle Clark rose highest to head home a corner from Ashley McMurtry. The Red Wolves found a second goal at 13:12 when McMurty beat ULM senior goalkeeper Mallory George in a race to the ball and then slotted it into the empty goal.  

Arkansas State took the 2-0 lead into the intermission, outshooting the Warhawks 7-4 in the first 45 minutes.

ULM (3-14-2, 2-9) struck early in the second half after earning a free kick 30 yards from the Arkansas State goal. Payne took the free kick for the Warhawks in the 47th minute and drove the ball through the arms of Arkansas State goalkeeper Susan Brown into the back of the net, cutting the Arkansas State lead in half.

Playing for the second time in less than 24 hours began to take its toll on the Warhawks in the later stages of the contest as Arkansas State began to find space in behind the ULM defense.

Arkansas State regained their two-goal advantage when Chelsea Fricke played in Meghan Mace who slipped a shot inside the near post from 12 yards out at 70:40.

The Red Wolves then finished the scoring on a pair of goals from Tracy Powell. Her first tally came after a pass from Fricke beat an offside trap and left Powell in all alone with ULM freshman goalkeeper Alex Holland in the 74th minute. Powell then added another tally two minutes later when she brought down a long ball from the Arkansas State defense and found the back of the net.

Arkansas State outshot ULM 17-10 in the contest; George made five saves for the Warhawks while Holland made three in relief.

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