After a winless weekend away at road games, the Mustangs hosted and defeated Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman’s University.
MSU played Texas A&M-Commerce on Friday and settled for a 4-1 victory over the Lions.
Junior Midfielder Haley Crandall deflected a Kelsey Hill shot for the eighth-minute opener for the Mustangs.
That first goal might have given MSU the urge for more as the Mustangs continued to test Goalkeeper Randi Hafele with multiple shots.
Despite the attempts in the first period, the players headed into the dressing room for the break with the score at 1-0.
The Mustangs must have had a terrific pep talk from the coach as they scored two goals within ten minutes of second half play.
Hill clinched her second and third assists of the night in the 50th and 54th minute.
She sent a pass to Alyssa Cooper to double lead while Cradall’s second goal came of a deflected save on the corner.
TAMUC worked hard to get on the scoreboard and their endeavor paid off in the 67th minute.
Brionna Minde scored her third of the season off a Samantha Huston corner kick.
But two minutes later, MSU cancelled the only goal that the visitors were able to muster.
Junior Midfielder Maddie Fraser supplied a well-taken corner kick to Hill to head in for her fifth of the season.
The Mustangs ended the game 4-1 then took Saturday off to prepare for Texas Woman’s University.
The Pioneers of TWU were a tougher opponent but the Mustangs edged past them regardless.
Hill made the first attempt on goal in the second with a header that went agonizingly wide.
Lindsay Pritchard then followed suit with a clever shot that Goalkeeper Beatrice Soto was quick to block.
The frantic early pace of the game yielded no goal until the 27th minute when the deadlock was broken.
Hill delivered Pritchard a topnotch pass and later tucked in her left footed shot beautifully behind the goal.
Freshman Midfielder Katy Catney had a near-goal experience but the ball unfortunately went high.
The Mustangs had to wait for the second half to double the lead.
Fraser assisted Hill for her sixth of the season. The Pioneer’s defense at that time was ponderous; hence scoring was no problem for MSU.
It took 10 minutes for TWU to respond to the second goal. TWU Brittany Martin bagged her number three for the season a with header.
But it was only a consolation goal as the Mustangs fought hard to protect their lead.
Head Women’s Soccer Coach Jeff Trimble was pleased with the result.
“It is important to win two conference games in a row,” he said. “It feels like an accomplishment.”
The Mustangs will host two teams they already visited this season at the MSU soccer fields.
MSU will face West Texas A&M on Friday at 7 p.m. and then Eastern New Mexico on Sunday at 1 p.m.
