Tulsa Women Net Three Against Temple for First AAC Victory

Sunday, September 29

Philadelphia, Pa.

10:30 a.m.

Tulsa

5-5-2, 1-2-0

Temple

2-10-0, 0-3-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Tulsa	2	1	3
Temple	2	0	2

Photo by: Bill Powell

Tulsa Women Net Three Against Temple for First AAC Victory

9/29/2024 4:22:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF) | SEASON STATS (PDF)

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — A brace by freshman forward Blaine Schutte and an early goal by sophomore forward Leah Diaz propelled Tulsa to a 3-2 winner Sunday over Temple (2-10-0, 0-3-0 AAC) in Philadelphia. The Golden Hurricane earned their first road win and American Athletic Conference victory of the season to improve to 5-5-2 overall and 1-2-0 in league action.

Diaz's goal came just two minutes after Temple opened up the scoring in the 18^th minute. Junior forward Jordan Frederick set her up for the tying score and how has seven assists on the year, just two off the all-time Tulsa record of nine (Melissa McCormick (1998-01).

Schutte recorded a goal per half, including the game-winning score in the 57^th minute of the game. It was the only goal scored between the two teams in the second half and was set up by Diaz, who now has six assists on the year.

Through 90 minutes, the Owls had 16 shots, including 10 on goal, and Tulsa finished with 11 shots and six on goal. Temple had four corner kicks to Tulsa's one.

Tulsa will return home to the Hurricane Soccer Stadium to host East Carolina (5-2-4, 2-1-1 AAC) on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m.

How it Happened
Temple got on the board first when Yao Zhou sent the ball flying into the upper left corner in the 18^th minute of the game. An unassisted score from just outside the goal area, it was her second goal of the season.

Just over two minutes later, Tulsa tied it up off a well-placed kick from F Leah Diaz who fielded it from F Jordan Frederick and sent it flying past the outstretched goalkeeper's hands and into the net.

The Hurricane grabbed its first lead of the day at the 28^th minute when MF Maggie SymSmith sent a free kick perfectly into the penalty box, where F Blaine Schutte's head met the ball in midair to send it up into the corner of the goal.

In the 44^th minute, Temple made it a tie ballgame when Shari Atkinson rolled the ball in from within the goal area. The scoreboard read 2-2 entering halftime.

Schutte decided she wasn't done scoring on the day as the true freshman fielded a pass from Diaz, juked out a defender at the top of the penalty area and shot the ball into the lower right corner of the net. It would go down as the game-winning goal as Tulsa held off a desperate Owls squad looking for their first conference win of the season. The final score read 3-2 Hurricane.

Game Notes

F Leah Diaz earned her sixth goal of the year and 10^th of her two-year career.
F Blaine Schutte recorded a brace, including the game-winning goal … the true freshman from Eureka, Mo., has a team-leading eight goals this season.
F Jordan Frederick recorded her seventh assist of the season … she is two assists away from tying the all-time program record of nine assists, set by Melissa McCormick (1998-01) in the 2000 season.
Diaz now has six assists this year.
Tulsa improves to 7-3-1 all-time against Temple. Tulsa is 4-0 under Jim Rhein against the Owls.
The Owls had 16 shots, including 10 on goal, and Tulsa finished with 11 shots and six on goal.
Temple had four corner kicks to Tulsa's one.
GK Tatum Sanders got the start and improved to 3-4-2 on the year.

Scoring Summary
Tulsa 2 1 - 3
Temple 2 0 - 2

Individual Scoring
Yao Zhou (Temple) at 17:02 (Unassisted)
Leah Diaz (Tulsa) at 19:07 (Jordan Frederick)
Blaine Schutte (Tulsa) at 27:12 (Maggie SymSmith)
Shari Atkins (Temple) at 43:16 (Sumaya Togba)
Blaine Schutte (Tulsa) at 56:29 (Leah Diaz)

Saves
Tatum Sanders (Tulsa) – 8
Tamsin Bynoe – 3