Tigers Offense Struggles in 2-0 Loss to Drake

Sunday, September 12

Des Moines, Iowa

Noon

University of Memphis

6-1-1, 0-0-0

Drake

4-3-1, 0-0-0

Memphis

Drake

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Sep 12, 2021 | Women's Soccer

Box Score

DES MOINES, Iowa – Memphis' offense lit up the box score, but ultimately fell short and faced their first loss of the season as the Bulldogs of Drake University took the 2-0 win this afternoon.

Following today's match, the No. 15 Tigers move to 6-1-1 for the season.

KEY MOMENTS

The Tigers offense struck from the get-go, challenging Bulldogs goalkeeper, Kelsie Stone, with three combined shots on-goal from Mya Jones, Saorla Miller, and Tanya Boychuk in the opening 10 minutes of play.
Drake's Makenna Shepard was able to sneak a goal by Elizabeth Moberg in the 12' of play and give the Bulldogs the early 1-0 lead.
Libby Halverson extended the Bulldogs lead to 2-0 when she netted a goal in the 59' off an assist from Emma Nagel.
Memphis would out-shoot Drake 10-1 in the final 30 minutes of play but were unable to make a late run.

NOTABLES

Memphis out-shot Drake 29-4 during the match and had 11 corner kicks while not allowing the Bulldogs one.
Eleven different Tiger players recorded at least one shot today with Miller leading the way with 10 shots, three being on-goal.
This was the first meeting between the Tigers and Bulldogs in program history.

UP NEXT

The Tigers will come back to Memphis on Thursday, September 16 to open American Athletic Conference play against Temple. Kick-off is slated for 7 p.m.
They will spend two weeks on the road to face-off against Central Florida and Tulsa on Sept. 23 and Oct. 7, respectively.

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