LONGVIEW – LeTourneau University's women's soccer team lost to the University of Texas at Dallas, 3-1, Wednesday.
The Comets (2-0, 2-0 American Southwest Conference) scored twice in the first nine minutes on a pair of goals by Ashlyn Sims. Rana Hussein and Peyton Guidry each were credited with an assist.
LeTourneau (2-5-1, 1-2) responded in the 16
th minute when
Heather Fellows squeezed a goal in off her own corner kick. That cut the Comets' lead in half, 2-1.
It was Fellows' first career goal.
LETU attempted four corner kicks in the first half. UT Dallas had two.
In the 63
rd minute, the Comets found the back of the net again when Morgan Stromberg scored. The Jackets couldn't get a shot off the rest of the way.
UT Dallas outshot LETU, 17-6. The Comets had nine shots on goal, while the YellowJackets attempted three.
Reagan Sandford had two of the three on frame.
LeTourneau goalkeeper
Kiersten Reeser made six saves. UT Dallas' Morgan Sherman and Megan Hannah each played one half, stopping one shot apiece.
The same two teams will meet again 5 p.m. Saturday at UT Dallas.