Memphis Falls 2-1 at Western Kentucky

Friday, September 18

Bowling Green, Ky.

6:00 PM CT

University of Memphis

4-2-1

WKU

4-2-2

Memphis

WKU

Photo by: Jimmy Mitchell

Sep 18, 2015 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Sydney Kingston’s first career goal not enough to beat the Hilltoppers

Sydney Kingston scored her first career goal but the Tigers couldn't manage anything else as Memphis lost 2-1 to Western Kentucky Friday night at WKU Soccer Complex. Memphis returns to Mike Rose Soccer Complex to host Ole Miss Sunday at 7:00 p.m.

"We never seemed to be on the same page tonight. I didn't feel like we played as a team," Memphis head coach Brooks Monaghan said. "Today we came up against a team that wanted it a little more than we did. We were just very disconnected tonight."

Kingston finished off a corner kick taken by Elysia Masters that tied the game 1-1 in the 73^rd minute but 10 minutes later WKU retook the lead. The game-winning goal, which came in the 83^rd minute, didn't leave much time left for Memphis to answer.

Western Kentucky grabbed the lead in the 34^th minute on a goal from junior forward Iris Dunn, who was able to put it in after Memphis goalkeeper Maryse Bard-Martel had tried to punch the ball away.

The winning goal came after a breakdown defensively in the midfield. Sophomore midfielder Hannah Chua made a long run and fired a long-range shot for the goal.

"We worked on being a little patient in the back and I think that may have hampered us in the attack. We played a little more direct in the second half and that's not how we want to play. We didn't play our style of soccer very well," Monaghan said.

It was a fairly even match statistically, with the Tigers and Hilltoppers each finishing with 10 shots. Western Kentucky held a slight 7-6 advantage on corner kicks.

"I'm not so sure we didn't take this game a little lightly. We obviously have to regroup before a very big match Sunday night against a very good team. We are too inconsistent up to this point," said Monaghan.

The Tigers will have a big opportunity to rebound when hosting their second SEC opponent of the season, Ole Miss, Sunday at 7:00 p.m. at Mike Rose Soccer Complex.