Oct. 22, 2006
Box Score
COLLEGE STATION, Texas. - The Missouri soccer team tallied two goals against No. 7 Texas A&M but could not get past the Aggies, falling 4-2 on Sunday afternoon in College Station, Texas. Mizzou drops to 9-9 on the season and 1-8 in league play while the Aggies improve to 13-3-1 and 9-0.
The Tigers narrowly missed on a prime opportunity six minutes into the match when Mizzou earned a free kick to the left of the box after an Aggie yellow card. Senior Elyse Nikonchuk got her foot on sophomore Lindsay McCoy's free kick but Texas A&M goalie Kristin Arnold was there to make the save.
The Aggies almost got a counter attack goal after another Tiger free kick but freshman Crystal Wagner stepped in to block the shot by Madison Klovstad.
In the 23rd minute, Texas A&M capitalized on a free kick to go ahead 1-0. Melissa Garey one-timed a header from Laura Grace Robinson past sophomore goalkeeper Mallory Forst and into the net for the Aggie advantage.
Senior Meggie Malm headed a shot toward the net after McCoy sent a cross into the box in the 30th minute but Arnold came out to catch the header before two oncoming Tigers could reach the ball.
Tiger killer Kat Krambeer added the Aggie's second goal of the match off a six-yard shot from the right post in the 35th minute. Krambeer has now scored goals in the squads' past two games.
In the 56th minute, freshman Breanna Thornton sent a through ball up to her classmate Kristin Andrighetto, who dribbled up the field in between two Aggie defenders. Andrighetto dribbled to right and ripped right-footed shot just from just outside the box. The shot soared to the top of the net but Arnold sprawled out to tip the ball over the crossbar.
After Texas A&M's Paige Carmichael scored the Aggie's third tally on a 25-yard free kick, sophomore Mo Redmond responded with a goal on a Mizzou free kick in the 69th minute. Stationed at the far post, Redmond headed the free kick off the foot of McCoy into the lower left netting. The score was the second of the season for Redmond.
The Aggies struck again in the 73rd minute but Mizzou answered back in the 86th minute, Arnold came out to challenge a run by Thornton and lost possession of the ball after initially gaining control. Andrighetto sprinted to the top of the box and easily knocked the ball into the open net for her team-leading sixth score of the season.
Forst made four saves in the game.
The Tigers close out their season against Iowa State on Friday, Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in Ames, Iowa.
