BELTON, Texas -- LeTourneau University women's soccer team lost its American Southwest Conference opener at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 4-0, Thursday.
The loss snapped a three-game win streak for the YellowJackets, who fell to 4-3-0 overall, 0-1-0 in the ASC. Mary Hardin-Baylor improved to 3-4-1, 1-0-0.
UHMB outshot LETU, 21-1, which included a 13-1 differential on goal. YellowJackets goalkeeper
Mackenzie Wilbanks made five saves, all in the first half before giving way to
Kiersten Reeser. Reeser stopped four shots in the second half. Cru keeper Emmalee McMaude stopped the only shot she faced -- an attempt on frame by
Brittany Shipp in the 22nd minute.
LeTourneau was outshot 7-1 in the first half when the two teams remained scoreless. But the Cru broke the game open in the second half, outshooting the Jackets, 14-0.
Dannah Fritschle broke the scoreless deadlock in the 61st minute, and Taylor Marques added a goal less than four minutes later as UHMB took control of the game. Tyler Pierce made it 3-0 with a goal in the 85th minute, and Marques tacked on another one three minutes later.
LeTourneau will play at Concordia Texas 2 p.m. Saturday in Austin.