DENTON, Texas (Sept. 18, 2017) - A goal by Oklahoma Baptist with 61 seconds to play against Texas Woman's University broke a tie to hand the Pioneers a 3-2 loss despite goals by Chelsea Martin and Jazmine Navarro Monday night in nonconference action at OBU Soccer Field.
 
The scoring happened early and often between the teams, with TWU (3-2-1) the first to strike in the third minute where Alexis Lawrence split two defenders with a pass to find Martin for a 25-foot shot to the top right corner of the goal. Just 30 seconds later, the Lady Bison (4-1) intercepted a Pioneer pass and fired it in to tie the game.
 
A shot by Martin in the seventh minute ricocheted off of a post and was found by Navarro for her first TWU career goal to give the Pioneers a 2-1 lead.
 
TWU held onto the one-goal advantage until the 61^st minute when OBU's Ruth King made her way down the field and finished from the right side of the box into the left corner of the goal for a 2-2 game.
 
The teams remained scoreless until Lady Bison Emmily Infante slotted between a pair of TWU defenders with 88:59 on the clock to take the 3-2 win.
 
Head Coach Babak Abouzar said, "We had a great start to the game but had too many defensive errors that they capitalized on. We'll work on those things in practice this week and be prepared for West Texas A&M."
 
The Pioneers begin Lone Star Conference play Friday with a trip to Canyon for a 7 p.m. contest against the Lady Buffs.