Houston soccer suffered a 3-2 defeat against the West Virginia Mountaineers Fridayโฃ night, extending their โwinless streak to five games.The loss drops โthe Cougars โto 6-2-4 overall and 1-2-2 in Big 12 Conference play, whileโ Westโ Virginia improves to โ8-2-2 and 3-0-2 in conference action.The Mountaineers secured the victory with a โlate goal from senior โforward Taylorโข White with approximately eight โminutes remaining. White also scored earlier โคin the second halfโ to equalize after Houston freshman forward Samira Minor gave the Cougars aโ 2-1 lead in โthe 34th minute of the โฃsecond half, assisted by junior midfielder Kyrsten Kizer.
Redshirt sophomore forward Sabrina Taber โscored her first career goal with two minutesโ left in theโค first half, a important achievement following โmultiple ACL โinjuries. However, houston’s offensive momentum waned in the second โขhalf afterโฃ a strong first-half performance.
the Cougarsโค will next travel to Ames, โคIowa, to face the Iowa โฃState Cyclones on October โ16 at 6 p.m.
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