SAN ANGELO, TEXAS – A goal in each half for Angelo State was the difference in a 2-0 UT Tyler loss to the Rambelles on Saturday afternoon.
UT Tyler threatened to answer on multiple occasions throughout the match, but a pair of goals within 10 minutes of gametime apart for Angelo State secured the win for the Rambelles. The Patriots totaled 13 shots, seven of which were on target.
Angelo State found the back of the net on a well-placed shot from well outside the UT Tyler box that found paydirt less than two minutes before the end of the first half. The Patriots looked to quickly respond to the deficit in the early stages of the second half with a shot on target by
Alyssa Palisi that was saved just 44 seconds into the half, followed up a few minutes later by a shot from sophomore
Melissa Oliveira that found the top woodwork.
Angelo State provided an insurance goal in the 56
th minute to make it 2-0, and then settled into a stout defensive approach from then on out. UT Tyler managed just one shot on target throughout the final 20 minutes of play, again from the foot of Palisi, but couldn't find the back of the net to threaten the Angelo State advantage.
Sophomore
Emily Clark made five saves in the first half to preserve a scoreless match until the waning minutes of the first 45. Palisi and Oliveira each totaled three shots in the match.
UT Tyler will stay on the road Tuesday night at St. Edward's.