Cyclones Drop Penultimate Dwelling Match to Houston

AMES, Iowa – After scoring simply over a minute into the sport, Iowa State (4-7-2, 1-6 Big 12) was unable to carry onto its lead as Houston (7-3-4, 2-3-2 Big 12) left Iowa with a 2-1 victory Thursday night to earn its first win since Sept. 18.

Just six ticks previous the primary minute, Megan Walters took a protracted feed from Isabella Agrusso and despatched a left-footed shot into the underside proper nook of the web to place the Cyclones on high early, 1-0. Houston would reply proper again simply two minutes later to knot issues up at one all earlier than taking the lead within the thirty fifth minute and holding it for the rest of the sport.

M. Walters now has her second aim in as many video games and strikes right into a tie for many factors (7) and objectives (3) on the group. She has scored in three of the 4 residence Big 12 contests for ISU. Walters additionally tried a game-high seven photographs. Ella Ciardullo had 4 photographs of her personal, whereas Lucy Froitzheim had a pair, putting each on the right track. Kasey Cannistraro pulled down six saves on the evening.

Houston’s Amaris Bumba and Madyson Bentil every picked up their second rating of the season, whereas Ava Shannon earned an help. Shannon led the Cougars with 4 photographs and was tied with Bentil for probably the most on aim with two. Cougar keeper Maggie Manning notched two saves in her 90 minutes of labor.

ISU recorded its most photographs since Sept. 7, rattling off 19 on the night and holding a seven-shot benefit over the Cougars. Houston received the nook warfare (6-3), whereas ISU recorded extra saves, 6-3.

How it Happened

Iowa State got here out of the gates firing, as its first shot went in as M. Walters beat the protection down the left aspect of the pitch earlier than rocketing a shot previous the Cougar keeper.

Houston bought its first good luck with 3:13 on the block however noticed it blocked out of bounds, incomes a nook kick. Off the set piece, Shannon related with Bumba, who headed in an equalizer and tied issues up at one-all, not even 4 full minutes into the competition.

The Cyclones noticed a flurry of alternatives fall away within the eleventh minute, as three consecutive photographs simply missed. Headers from each Lauren Hernandez and Taylor Spitzer hit the crossbar, whereas M. Walters’ subsequent shot simply went astray, out of bounds.

The Cougars did not have one other good probability till the thirty fourth minute after they rattled off a pair of makes an attempt in beneath ten seconds, however noticed them blocked and saved, respectively.

A minute later, within the thirty fifth minute, the Cougars broke the stalemate with a Bentil solo effort, who launched a right-footed shot previous a diving Cannistraro and put UH on high, 2-1.

At the break, ISU led in photographs (8-5) and saves (1-0), whereas Houston led in corners (4-2) and fouls (11-5).

Iowa State launched 11 second-half photographs, however none might discover the again of the web. The second stanza featured two extra photographs hitting the crossbar, one from ISU and one from UH, however neither was in a position to break by means of as the ultimate 45 minutes went scoreless and Houston held on to win, 2-1.

Fannon’s Thoughts

“Outside of the result being a negative, I’d say everything else was a positive tonight. We created so many chances and defended really well in all but three or four moments. We got the game plan right, and everyone was firing on all cylinders. It’s difficult to take a result like this on the chin when it felt like we were nearly perfect.”

Goals

Iowa State: Megan Walters – 1:06 (3)

Houston: Amaris Bumba – 3:41 (2), Madyson Bentil – 34:38 (2)

Assists

Iowa State: Isabela Agrusso (2)

Houston: Ava Shannon (3)

Up Next

The Cyclones can be again in motion this Sunday, Oct. 19, after they face Arizona State within the residence finale. ISU and ASU will kick off at 6 p.m. and the match is about to be streamed reside on ESPN+.