Soccer season ends in first round of tourney

TCU and Tulane’s women’s soccer teams battled through two periods and two overtimes Wednesday, but neither team could solve the other’s defense and the game ended in a 0-0 tie. To decide who advanced, the teams battled it out with penalty kicks. The Green Wave knocked in three goals to the Horned Frogs one to advance to the second round of the Conference USA Postseason Tournament.

After sitting out the entire game, Jessi Moore came in to take the first penalty kick for TCU. Her shot sailed high over the net. Green Wave forward Jessica Mendez buried her attempt, giving Tulane a 1-0 advantage. After a Laura Greenberg miss, Kelley Smith gave Tulane a 2-0 advantage. Jenny Swanson got the Frogs on the board with the third penalty kick taken by TCU and Sims made the stop on Lindsay Morris’ shot, leaving the score at 2-1 heading to the fourth penalty kick. Moran Lavi’s shot was knocked over the back of the goal, setting up Blair Trickey’s game-winning shot. Trickey shot the ball off of Sims hands, propelling the Green Wave into the second round.

TCU wraped up its season with a 9-8-2 record overall, its first winning season since 2000.

— courtesy of (www.gofrogs.com)