Soccer falls at West Virginia, 2-1, to fall to 1-3

MORGANTOWN, W.Va — Junior midfielder Julia Grosso scored her first goal of the season Friday, but it was not enough as the University of Texas soccer team fell, 2-1, to No. 7 West Virginia at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

The loss dropped the Longhorns to 1-3-0 this season, while the Mountaineers improved to 3-1-0.

All of the game’s scoring came in the first half.

WVU’s Jordan Brewster started the scoring in the 17^th minute when she buried a penalty kick after a collision in the penalty box drew a whistle against the Longhorns, giving West Virginia a 1-0 lead. Just 16 seconds after Brewster’s tally, Lauren Segalla scored the goal that proved to be the game-winner when she ran on to a high ball over the top of the Texas defense to redirect the ball past UT goalkeeper Savannah Madden.

Grosso then split the margin in half when she scored the 11^th goal of her career in the 24^th goal off an assist by Haley Berg, the senior forward’s second helper of the season. Berg now has 18 assists in her careertying her with former Longhorns Cyera Hintzen (2016-19), Kylie Doniak (2008-11) and Kelly McDonald (2001-04) for seventh in program history.

The Longhorns will try to pull back to within a game of the .500 mark next Friday, Oct. 9, when they host Kansas State at Mike A. Myers Stadium at 5 p.m., in a game that will be carried on the Longhorn Network.