September 6, 2009
LONGHORNS DROP TWO GAMES
Lose 2-1 to St. Mary's; 4-2 to Cal

The University of Texas Longhorns continued to take their lumps on the young season, losing two games in California at the 15th annual Cal Invitational at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley, Calif.

Friday, it was a 2-1 loss to St. Mary’s and Sunday, the 14th-ranked California Bears doubled up the Longhorns 4-2. California went on a 10-minute blitz in the second half, racking up three goals in the span to secure victory and push UT to a 1-3-1 record.

Sophomore Courtney Goodson netted both scores for the Horn for the second multi-goal match of her career. Goodson scored her first goal in the 69th minute when she was able to head in a free kick sent by junior Niki Arlitt. It was Goodson's first goal of the season while Arlitt picked up her second assist of the year.
The sophomore forward struck again in the 75th minute. Goodson connected from 20 yards out with her left foot when her free kick was rebounded right back to her.
Cal got on the board 23 minutes into the match off a corner kick. The Bears' Megan Jesolva sent the ball into the Longhorn box and after Alex Morgan's attempt was blocked, Brianna Bak was able to knock the ball past UT keeper Shaine Millheiser for the 1-0 advantage.
Miranda White put the Bears up 2-0 in the 49th minute of the second half when Lisa Kevorkian sent the ball into White in the center of the box, who slipped it past Millheiser for the score. Just under four minutes later Cal got on the board again with a goal from Alex Morgan. Morgan received the ball from Katrin Omarsdottir and fired it into the upper left corner of the net.
The Bears recorded their fourth goal just two minutes later when Katie Oakes connected on a corner and had her shot hit the cross bar and bounce into the back of the net to put the Bears up 4-0.
Goodson became the first Longhorn to score two goals in a match since she did it a year ago in a 2-1 overtime victory over Arizona on Sept. 7, 2008.

In Friday’s game, all three goals in the match were scored in the second half with Saint Mary's getting on the board first in the 57th minute. Ashley Nied got the play started when she fired a shot that UT keeper Shaine Millheiser punched out of the box. The shot rebounded to an open Daelyn Paul at the top of the box who fired it in past Millheiser for the score.
Texas answered just 10 minutes later off a free kick opportunity. Junior Niki Arlitt crossed the ball into the Gaels box where freshman Becka Rivera was able to head it in for the equalizer and for her first goal as a Longhorn.
With the match knotted at one, both teams picked up the offensive attack but it was Saint Mary's who was able to capitalize scoring the game winner in the 82nd minute.

The Longhorns return to Austin next weekend for home matches against Louisville (Fri., Sept. 11) and Kentucky (Sun, Sept. 13).