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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women’s soccer team defeated the New Mexico State Aggies 2-1 on Thursday at University Field, on UTEP’s campus, for its fourth win away from the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex.
After much of a quiet first half, the Vaqueros (5-3-2, 2-3-1 WAC) got the scoring started in the 44th minute assophomore Anna Torslov picked up the loose ball and sprinted up the right side. Torslov then found freshmanMari Liis Lillemae in the box who then found freshman Anna Frida Groedem, who put her shot off the cross bar and into the goal giving UTRGV the 1-0 lead.
New Mexico State (3-6, 3-3 WAC) put the pressure on the Vaqueros in the second half as Hannah Leitner got the equalizer in the 63rd minute.
Later in the half, junior Emily Zapata took a free kick and snuck it past Makenna Gottschalk in the 72nd minute to give the Vaqueros the 2-1 lead. It is Zapata’s 21st goal of her career.
Junior Maile Lunardi (5-3-2) made three saves on the night, including one late in the match to keep the lead.
UTRGV outshot New Mexico State 13 to 9 and 8 to 4 on goal.
UTRGV will be back in action on Saturday, March 11, when closes out its two-game series with New Mexico State in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
 Vaqueros women’s soccer team defeated the New Mexico State Aggies 2-1 on Thursday at University Field, on UTEP’s campus){kind=link}