DENTON, Texas (Sept. 24, 2022) – For the third time this season and second time on the road, the Texas Woman's soccer team walked off the pitch with a tie.
 
TWU (1-5-3, 1-1-2) played a full 90 minutes of action against St. Mary's (7-2-1, 1-2-1) and ended the match knotted 0-0.
 
"I'm proud of the way our team battled on the road against a really good opponent and got a result," TWU head coach Babak Abouzar said.  "Points are hard to come by in our conference, so we'll take it. Early on in the game, we created some good opportunities. We still need to continue to work on our execution in the final third. Morgan [Sherman] made some really good saves in the second half to keep us in the game. It feels great to get a shutout, especially on the road."
 
Last year, the Pioneers ended regulation tied three times, heading into overtime. With the rule changes in 2022, overtime is no longer played in regular season contests; as a result, the Pioneers have ended three matches in stalemate ties.
 
The story of Saturday afternoon was the Pioneers' tough, shutdown defensive action. While the Rattlers got off 20 shots and put six on frame, TWU's backline assisted in thwarting the shots, while goalkeeper Morgan Sherman made incredible saves to complete the shutout.
 
Sherman finished the match with a clean sheet for the second time this season. Sherman recorded six saves on the afternoon.
 
TWU seriously threatened the Rattlers' goalkeeper twice in the first half. At the three-minute mark, Bri Luna rocketed a shot to the bottom left corner, which was narrowly saved by St. Mary's goalkeeper Rebecca Difronzo.
 
With 10 minutes left in the first half, Keely Chapman took a shot at the goal, but she missed putting it in the bottom right corner of the net.
 
Chapman and Luna's shots on goal in the first half marked TWU's only two clear looks at scoring. The Pioneers recorded two shots in the second half, one by Sierra McCormick and one by Kayla Labra, but neither was put on frame.
 
The Rattlers attempted to turn up the offensive attack in the second half, hitting five shots on goal. All five shots were saved by Sherman.
 
Sherman currently ranks second in saves per game in the Lone Star Conference with 4.78 per game. She ranks eighth in the LSC with a .782 saving percentage.
 
For their next LSC match, the Pioneers will travel 40 minutes to Dallas Baptist University to take on the No. 1 Patriots at 7:05 p.m.