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Cowgirls Drop Season Finale
October 26, 2012 | Cowgirl Soccer
Oct. 26, 2012
LUBBOCK, Texas - Oklahoma State lost its regular season finale Friday night at the John B. Walker Soccer Complex as Texas Tech handed the Cowgirls a 2-0 loss.
OSU finishes the regular season at 11-5-3, which included a 1-4-3 mark in Big 12 play. The Cowgirls will be the No. 7 seed at next week's Big 12 Championship in San Antonio and will face second-seeded Baylor in opening round action Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Friday's loss snapped OSU's six-game winning streak against Texas Tech (14-4-1, 5-2-1); entering the match, the Cowgirls had not lost to the Red Raiders since 2007.
"In the first half, we did a reasonably good job of shutting them down and being dangerous on the counter attack. But in the second half, we got a little fatigued, and they did much better job of creating opportunities to score and were able to convert a couple," said OSU head coach Colin Carmichael. "Now we just have to regroup and prepare to play Baylor in San Antonio."
TTU owned a 13-7 advantage on shots in the opening half, but AD Franch recorded five saves to keep the home team off the scoreboard.
The Red Raiders looked poised to finally convert early in the second half, but Franch made a highlight-reel save on a six-yard shot by Janine Beckie at the 51:57 mark to deny the score.
However, TTU finally broke free in the 55th minute. After Franch dropped the ball on a high cross into the box by Morgan Johnson, a mistake that created an open net situation, Beckie was there to tap the ball in for her 10th goal of the season.
The Cowgirls nearly answered in the 61st minute when Madison Mercado took a pass from Allie Stephenson and delivered a left-footed shot from 14-yards out that sailed just inches wide of the far post.
TTU added its second goal at the 70:08 mark, and again it was Beckie converting the score. After beating her defender, the Red Raider freshman sent a shot to the far post to put the home team up, 2-0.
OSU was outshot by an 18-9 margin in the match, and Franch finished with seven saves.
