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| Marci Byrd |
The Lady Miner soccer team opened its conference season Sunday by playing arguably one of its best halves in recent memory.
Unfortunately, it wasn't able to keep up the pace in the second half as Rockhurst rallied for a 2-1 win over the Lady Miners in a Great Lakes Valley Conference game at the UMR Soccer Field.
The Lady Miners controlled play for a better part of the first half and outshot the Hawks 11-3. They also posted the only goal in the first 45 minutes, which came when Marci Byrd converted a free kick that caromed off the leg of a Rockhurst defender and past goalkeeper Alyssa Miller at the 34:28 mark.
Rockhurst tied the game in the early stages of the second half when Lisa Schwarz sprung Lindsey Ewert on a breakaway, then she beat goalkeeper Kelsey Kurilla at 54:32. Ewert then gave the Hawks the lead just over 15 minutes later when she took a pass from across the box and scored from about 15 yards away.
About two minutes after Ewert's go-ahead goal, the Lady Miners had a chance to tie it, but Morgan Lockowitz's head ball was stopped by a sprawling Miller.
UMR outshot the Hawks 22-13 for the game, with Kurilla finishing with six saves.
The Lady Miners (3-2, 0-1 GLVC) will face Drury in a make-up game Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the UMR Soccer Field.
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