Arizona Soccer Falls to Pepperdine at Home

Arizona outshot Pepperdine 13-7 through 90 minutes on the pitch, but all of the Waves shots were on goal. Arizona matched Pepperdine in on-goal shots with seven.

After the loss, Arizona now sits at 14th in the Big 12, with Cincinnati (16) and Oklahoma State (15) being below it.

Arizona State is now the No. 1-ranked team at 6-0-1. Kansas sits at No. 2 at 5-0-2 while TCU, Texas Tech and UCF are all tied for third at 5-1.

Marissa Arnst led the Wildcats with shots during the match, attempting four of them with two being on goal. Defender Narissa Fults and forward Mireya Stephenson were second on shot attempts with two, one of those bring on goal.

Goalkeeper Olivia Ramey saved four Pepperdine shots through the full 90 minutes of action. She has been substituted just once this season.

Recap

Julia Quinonez scored the first goal 30 minutes in. She knocked the ball in at the back right corner of the goal just out of reach of Ramey to make it 1-0.

84 minutes in and it was Alex Pendleton who scored the next goal. She received the pass from Sarah Spears and struck into the net.

Kyra Murphy scored the final goal and was assisted by Quinonez. Pepperdine rode he rest of the clock out and left Arizona with the third loss in four matches.

Arizona will be back at Mulcahey Stadium this Sunday to take on GCU for its final non conference match. After that, it will travel to Ames, IA to play Iowa State.

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