CANYON, Texas – The first Lone Star Conference road trip for UT Tyler ended with a 2-0 defeat at West Texas A&M Saturday afternoon.
 
The Buffs scored twice in the first 20 minutes and then spent the next 70 minutes turning back the UT Tyler attack, which produced 12 shots after the Patriots fell behind early.
 
With the loss, UT Tyler falls to 3-5 overall and 1-3 in Lone Star Conference play, while West Texas A&M improves to 4-3 overall and extends its perfect LSC start to 3-0 in conference play.
 
How It Happened: The leading scorer for West Texas A&M, Hannah Kelley-Lusk, put the first shot of the game in the back of the net, finishing a cross from the goal line from Khaline Jacob to give the Lady Buffs a 1-0 lead just over six minutes into the contest.
 
Kelley-Lusk's next opportunity was also on frame, but sophomore goalkeeper Camri Cecil turned it away for the first of her seven saves in the contest. In the 20^th minute, however, Jacob set up another scoring chance for West Texas A&M, and Maliyah Mendoza took advantage with a run into the box and a shot to the far post that made it 2-0.
 
Cecil turned away consecutive shots in the box in the 24^th minute to keep the Lady Buffs from extending the lead.
 
UT Tyler produced a total of 12 shots, including eight in the second half.  The Patriots put four of their eight second-half shots on frame, but WT goalkeeper Daniela Estrada made 3 saves, and the Lady Buffs defense cleared another shot off the end line after Brianna Bourbeau put consecutive shots on goal just over two minutes into the second half.
 
Alexa Hernandez followed the second of Bourbeau's shots with a shot that missed high, and Hernandez put another shot on goal less than a minute later which was saved by Estrada.
 
By The Numbers: West Texas A&M took the first six shots of the game, all within the first 25 minutes of the opening half… UT Tyler produced its first shot in the 30^th minute, finishing with a 12-10 edge in shots over the final 60 minutes… Each team generated just one corner kick… Camri Cecil finished with seven saves for the second straight game and her fifth time with at least seven stops this season.
 
What's Next: UT Tyler has one more road game before its next home game, and it's a visit to its closest geographical rival in the Lone Star Conference as the Patriots visit A&M-Commerce on Thursday, Oct. 10.  It is the only game next week for UT Tyler, which will spend the following week at home to take on DBU (Oct. 17) and Texas Woman's University (Oct. 19).