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UTD Women Clinch First-Round Bye In ASC Tournament By Sweeping Final Road Trip

Bowyer's Late Heroics Rally Comets To Come-From-Behind Win Over UT-Tyler

FRESHMAN LEAH BOWYER RALLIED THE COMETS WITH TWO LATE GOALS IN AN IMPORTANT ASC WIN.
Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 TYLER/AUSTIN, TX – The UT Dallas women's soccer team is back in familiar territory after finishing the regular season with a pair of road victories, including a dramatic rally in a 2-1 win over UT-Tyler Thursday night.

That win, coupled with the Comets' 2-0 victory over Concordia Saturday afternoon, completed an eight-game win streak that earned UTD a second-place finish in the American Southwest Conference regular season standings, and the accompanying first-round bye in next weekend's ASC Championship Tournament that goes with it.

UTD has been to the tournament seven straight years and has had a first-round bye in five of those appearances.

UTD (13-3-3 overall) finished the ASC schedule with a 11-1-1 mark, just one game behind conference leader Hardin-Simmons. UTD will get the first day off at the tournament, hosted by HSU, but will face the winner of a Friday game between Texas Lutheran and Mississippi College in the tournament semifinals at 2 pm Saturday. (Click here for a tournament bracket).

Freshman Leah Bowyer capped off the season by taking over the team scoring lead. She was instrumental in the come-from-behind win at Tyler, scoring twice in the final 20 minutes to propel UTD to the pivotal win. She then added an insurance goal in Saturday's win over Concordia.

The Tyler game was anything but wrapped up for the Comets through the first 70 minutes Thursday night. The Patriots had taken a 1-0 lead just before halftime and were on their way to outshooting the Comets, 13-8. But with 18:24 left on the clock, Bowyer took a pass from Caitlin Perdue and tied the score at 1-1. Only six minutes later (77:32), Bowyer got the game-winner on an unassisted goal, and the UTD defense played shutout soccer the final 12:30.

UTD goalkeeper Andrea Jones faced six shots on goal, but stopped five with saves.

Perdue got the game-winner against 4-11, 3-10 Concordia Saturday, putting UTD up 1-0 just 7:43 into the first half on a penalty kick. Bowyer then gave the Comets, who had arrived at the stadium just 40 minutes before kickoff and were playing on an artificial turf high school field, some cushion with an unassisted goal six minutes into the second period.

BOXSCORES: UT-TYLER | CONCORDIA
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