Tulsa Women’s Soccer Falls at Kansas City, 2-1

Sunday, September 8

Kansas City, Mo.

1:00 p.m.

Tulsa

4-2-2, 0-0-0

Kansas City

4-0-3, 0-0-0

Tulsa

Kansas City

Photo by: Bill Powell

Tulsa Women’s Soccer Falls at Kansas City, 2-1

9/8/2024 3:39:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

BOX SCORE (PDF) | SEASON STATS (PDF)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Tulsa women's soccer team faced a tough Kansas City Roos team (4-0-3) that hadn't taken a loss through the first three weeks of the season and came up short, 2-1, on the Roos home field Sunday afternoon. The 4-2-2 Golden Hurricane will remain on the search for its first road win.

It was a tough battle as Kansas City's defense held Tulsa scoreless through 89 minutes. It was the heroics of freshman pair Aniya Facen and Ady Betchel that saved Tulsa from the shutout. Facen, a forward, scored her first career goal with just four seconds to go, and she was set up by Bechtel, a midfielder.

Kansas City spent most of the game on Tulsa's side of the field, recording 20 shots, 10 shots on goal and four corner kicks. TU had nine total shots with five on goal to go with just two corner kicks.

Next up for the Hurricane is the American Athletic Conference opener. Tulsa will take on second-place Rice (5-1-1) in Houston on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m.

How it Happened
It was a quiet first half as neither team could net a goal in the first 45 minutes. It was a fairly even game statistically as both teams had two shots on goal and two corner kicks with Kansas City having seven total shots to Tulsa's four.

Kansas City broke the deadlock in the 51^st minute when forward Madison Page sent the ball into the net following passes from her teammates Lily Hollis and Kayda Kamolz. Kamolz would set up Page with another goal in the 73^rd minute to give the Roos a 2-0 lead with less than 18 minutes to go.

In the waning seconds of the contest (89:56), true freshman forward Aniya Facen scored her first career goal from just outside the goal area into the lower left quadrant of the goal. She was set up by freshman teammate Ady Bechtel.

Game Notes

It was the seventh all-time meeting between Tulsa and Kansas City … TU still leads the series 3-2-2 after Sunday's loss.
F Aniya Facen, a true freshman, scored her first career goal at 89:56 … she had five assists to her name coming into the game.
Both of Kansas City's goals came from Madison Paige in the second half.
GK Kylie Koeijmans spent the full game in the net for Tulsa, recording eight saves and allowing two goals.
UMKC had 20 shots on and 10 on goal … Tulsa had nine shots and five shots toward the net.
The Roos had four corner kicks to Tulsa's two.

Scoring Summary
Tulsa 0 1 - 1
Kansas City 0 2 - 2

Individual Scoring
Madison Page (UMKC) at 50:03 (Lily Hollis, Kayda Kamolz)
Madison Page (UMKC) at 72:55 (Kayda Kamolz)
Aniya Facen (Tulsa) at 89:56 (Ady Bechtel)

Saves
Kylie Koeijmans (Tulsa) – 8
Maddie Sibbing (UMKC) – 4