HOUSTON — Despite more than doubling up Houston Christian in shot attempts, the Northwestern State soccer team could not overcome a second half goal from HCU in a 1-0 defeat Sunday afternoon at Sorrels Field.
NSU (6-3-3, 1-1-1) saw its three-game unbeaten streak come to an end, as HCU (6-5-1, 1-1-1) scored off a corner kick in the 50th minute for the only scoring.
“I thought we kind of struggled in the game and really didn’t do well in terms of what we were expecting to execute,” head coach Ian Brophy said. “I think obviously the name of the game is getting shots on goal and some may have a chance of going in. We had 17 shots and only three on goal and if you do that, you’re just not going to win games.”
HCU found the back of the net off a corner when a header from Jasmine Diaz squirted through the defense and into the goal in the 50th minute, early after halftime.
The Demons attempted 17 shots, compared to the Huskies seven, but only three were on frame and NSU could not find the equalizer late.
“What it comes down to is a focus on the importance on the details of getting the little things right,” Brophy said regarding putting more shots on frame. “When we do shoot, just staying over your body. It’s the attention the detail of the little things that we need to get back to and that that’s going to lead us back to winning games. But if we think it’s just going to happen for us just because we’re walking out on a soccer pitch, it’s just not.”
NSU heads back home for a pair of conference games, starting Thursday, as it welcomes Southeastern Louisiana to the Demon Soccer Complex before hosting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Oct. 9.