FORT WORTH, Texas (September 28, 2012) – The No. 21 West Virginia women’s soccer team score two unanswered goals at TCU to win its first Big 12 road match, 2-1, Friday night in front of 2,057 fans at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.

 

With the scored tied 1-1 after 45 minutes, senior Bri Rodriguez scored her first goal of the season in the 52^nd minute. Defender Bry McCarthy pushed forward into the attack, taking the ball into the left corner before dropping a ball into the heart of the box. Rodriguez placed a header back across the goal to give the Mountaineers a 2-1 lead.

 

“It was a huge early goal from Bri to give us energy that we lacked in the first half,” said coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. “Bry made a nice run forward and placed a perfect ball to Rod in the box.”

 

The Mountaineer defense would limit the Horned Frogs to four second-half shots to secure the win and improve to 3-0-0 in conference play, 7-3-3 overall.

 

WVU finished with a 23-9 edge in shots, paced by forward Kate Schwindel’s four attempts.

 

TCU, who moved to 5-5-1 overall and 0-1-0 in the Big 12, allowed 10 Mountaineer corner kicks – a season high for its opponents.

 

“It wasn’t our best effort by any means tonight but we came away with a winning result,” said Izzo-Brown. “And you should feel good anytime you pick up a road win. So, we’ll take it and move forward.”

 

West Virginia extends its winning streak to five matches and has lost only once since knocking off top-ranked Stanford on Aug. 26.