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Mackenzie Wilbanks 12 saves at UT Dallas 2019
Jennifer Segura
Mackenzie Wilbanks made a season-high 12 saves Saturday in the double overtime shutout.
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LeTourneau LETU (8-5-1, 4-3-1)
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UT Dallas UTD (13-1-2, 5-1-2)
LeTourneau LETU
(8-5-1, 4-3-1)
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Final
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UT Dallas UTD
(13-1-2, 5-1-2)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 OT 2 F
LeTourneau LETU 0 0 0 0 0
UT Dallas UTD 0 0 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Scoreless in Dallas: Jackets Battle Comets to 2 OT Draw

RICHARDSON, Texas -- After 110 minutes, LeTourneau University and the University of Texas at Dallas women's soccer teams settled for a 0-0 double overtime draw Saturday evening. 

It was LeTourneau's first tie of the season as the YellowJackets record moved to 8-5-1 overall, 4-3-1 in the American Southwest Conference. LETU was making a bid to gain ground on the host Comets, who now sit at 13-1-2, 5-1-2. The Jackets are fifth in the ASC, while the Comets occupy third place entering the final two weeks of the season. 

LeTourneau goalkeeper Mackenzie Wilbanks made a season-high 12 saves, keeping the Comets off the board in facing a staggering 38 shots. UT Dallas unleashed 27 shots to LETU's two through the first two halves, but Wilbanks was a wall between the posts. She made five saves in the first half and four more in the second to help force overtime. 

In the first extra period, Wilbanks stopped two shots, and then followed it up with another save in the second overtime. UT Dallas starting keeper Morgan Sherman made one save in playing through the end of regulation. Erin Clawson cleaned up, stopping one shot in her 20 minutes of work in the overtime periods.

It was Wilbanks' second solo shutout of the season, and she contributed to another. She's made 21 saves in her last two starts. 

Kara Gipson gave the YellowJackets their best scoring chance in regulation when she ripped a shot toward the bottom right corner of the goal, but Sherman made the save in the 54th minute. Gipson nearly ended the game in the 109th minute when she sent a shot into the upper right corner of the net, but Clawson turned it away. LeTourneau could not capitalize on the ensuing corner kick, and the two teams settled on the draw.

Gipson attempted three of the Jackets' four shots, while Rebekah Stevenson had the other.

LeTourneau will host Howard Payne 5 p.m. Thursday and Sul Ross State 1 p.m. Saturday in the final home regular season matches of the season. The top eight teams in the ASC qualify for the league tournament, with the top four seeds hosting a quarterfinal game.

 
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