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Missimo sets the Texas career goals record while Soccer scores three points

Missimo sets the Texas career goals record while Soccer scores three points

BATON ROUGE, La. – And now there is no one in the history of the University of Texas women’s soccer program who has scored more goals during their career than Lexi Missimo after the Longhorns’ 3-1 win at LSU on Sunday.

In Texas’ first game at LSU Soccer Stadium since 2006, Missimo was tied with his teammate Trinity Byars for the most career goals (52) for a student-athlete in program history. And the veteran midfielder from Southlake, Texas, nearly reached the new mark less than 12 minutes into Sunday’s contest.

As several of her teammates caught the attention of several LSU defenders in the 18-yard area, Missimo attempted a shot from the edge of the 6-yard area, but it was blocked. Five minutes later, Missimo seemed to have once again put her name at the top of the record book with an unchallenged shot on goal. But the right-footed shot hit the right wood and bounced off Missmo.

Missimo had one last opportunity to achieve this feat in the first game when she fired a shot in the 30th minute but the ball went wide.

After LSU goalkeeper Audur Scheving parried a Missimo shot six minutes into the second half, the senior made sure her next attempt found the net by beating Scheving on a 1-on-1 opportunity and giving Texas the lead extended to 3-0 just 11 minutes after the start of the second.

Not only was the goal Missimo’s ninth of the season – it was also the second-most scored goals in the history of her college career – it also moved her closer to the 60-goal, 60-assist club that she would join in the next game Texas will enter with 53 career goals and 59 career assists.

BY HEAD COACH ANGELA KELLY

“Oh, there was a lot of resilience out there today. As I told the team after the game, it’s all about perseverance, perseverance and resilience, those would be the three words. Despite all the odds, we had to find these qualities. “Every great team has all of these qualities, but we had to bring them to the forefront of them now.”

FROM SENIOR MIDFIELDER LEXI MISSIMO

“Actually, I’m just doing my job for the team. My job is to score goals and provide assists, so I’m just doing my job. I’ve been in an assistant era for the last few games, but now I’m trying to get back to the goalscoring era of my game. But when it comes to an assist or a goal, I’m just happy that we were able to get the win while I play my role in the team.”

GAME NOTES

  • Over a period of two and a half minutes in the middle part of the first half Holly Ward were credited with two assists, which is the most assists in a single game for the Canadian this season.

    • The two assists against the Tigers on Sunday afternoon were the most for Ward in a single game since he was credited with two assists on Oct. 5, 2023 at UCF.

  • Sunday marked the second time this freshman forward has appeared in her last four SEC games Amalia Villarreal was credited with both an assist and a goal in the same game.

    • Villarreal also accomplished this feat in Texas’ 2-0 victory over Texas A&M on Sunday, September 29th.

  • Jilly Shimkins The first-half goal was the first for the New York senior midfielder since scoring in the 12th minute of Texas’ 2-2, 90-minute draw against Alabama in Austin on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 scored the goal.

  • Texas’ 20 shot attempts during Sunday’s 90-minute contest marked the second time this season the Longhorns were credited with 20 or more shots in a game against an SEC opponent.

    • On Thursday, September 26, UT 22 were credited against Ole Miss in Oxford.

  • The Texas senior goalkeeper was between the posts on her way to her 40th career collegiate win on Sunday afternoon Mia Justus was credited with a season-high eight saves in 90 minutes of play.

    • The eight saves came within a second of tying her career high against BYU on September 25, 2023.

    • Justus’ highest save percentage the previous season came on September 5 against San Diego State with six saves.

NEXT

  • Next, Texas (11-2-2, 4-2-1) faces the preseason favorites in the SEC when the sixth-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks (11-1-1, 5-1-0) travel to the Forty Acres for a competition at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 18th.

    • The Razorbacks are coming off a 1-0 win over Oklahoma on Sunday, October 13th in Norman.

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