LAS VEGAS – The San Diego State women’s soccer team erased a 2-0 deficit to earn a 2-2 tie at UNLV on Thursday night.
Just 2:20 into the match, San Diego State (5-2-5, 1-0-3 MW) put a shot on target, but it was called back due to offsides.
Alexis Leath took a tough shot in the 11th minute that would’ve got past UNLV (3-7-4, 1-1-3 MW) keeper Hanne Breur but it just barely missed the goal.
Kailey Carlen made her first save of the night in the 16th minute on a shot by Michelle Madrid.
Around the 20-minute mark, the Aztecs went on the attack, firing off four shots, three on goal, in two and a half minutes but were unable to find the back of the net.
Carlen saved her second and final shot of the night, this one by Scarlette Druian, at 25:24.
UNLV took the lead midway through the 34th minute on a Julia Salem goal. The Rebels’ Purity Williams added on seven minutes later to make it 2-0 UNLV just over 40 minutes into the match.
The San Diego State defense would not allow the Rebels to put another shot on goal for the rest of the night, allowing the offense a chance to catch up.
With 100 seconds remaining in the first half, Katie Senn kicked one up the goal line, causing Breur to dive for it but the ball went to Mia Lane, who punched it in to pull the Aztecs within a score at halftime.
Lane tried to even the score herself, having a goal called back in the 60th minute due to offsides. She put another shot on target four minutes later, but Breur saved it to keep the Rebels ahead.
Lily Boudet forced another Breur save in the 72nd minute.
In the 76th minute, Alexys Ocampo made a couple nice moves to make a UNLV defender miss before firing a rocket into the top of the net just over the outstretched arm of a diving Breur to even the score.
UNLV’s Felicity Garcia was given a yellow card a minute and a half later.
SDSU put pressure on the Rebels in the waning minutes of the match, including a Victoria Miller shot on goal at 86:32 but was unable to pull ahead.
The Aztecs were issued a yellow card in the 89th minute and the match finished tied at two.
San Diego State had more shots (22-9), shots on goal (8-4) and corner kicks (7-4) while UNLV had more saves (6-2) and fouls (14-9).
THE NOTE
San Diego State is now undefeated in its last nine matches and moves to 5-0-5 on the season when facing unranked opponents.
UP NEXT
The Aztecs play another road match at San Jose State at noon on Sunday, October 12. It will be streamed on the Mountain West Network.