BROWNWOOD, Texas-The Howard Payne University women's soccer team (6-9, 2-6) lost to the McMurry University War Hawks (7-5-1, 4-3-1) by a score of 0-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Citizens National Bank Soccer Field.

HPU came out of the gates strong out of the opening kickoff. However, things The War Hawks took the lead in the sixth minute with a goal from Laila Brown. 

After the goal, Howard Payne stayed organized in their shape and prevented the War Hawks from expanding their lead on their ambitious attempts.

At half, the Lady Jackets had one attempt at goal. Graduate goalkeeper Landry Combs contributed two saves.

The score remained the same in the second half, and McMurry was stifled by Howard Payne. The Lady Jackets to best attempts came in this half. Junior forward Alayna Lopez came darting forward in the 77^th minute, but McMurry goalkeeper Cadence Foulkrod was quick off her line to stop the chance.

In the last minute of the game, senior midfielder Madelynn Harry had a chance that was saved off the line from Foulkrod that would've given the Lady Jackets a draw in the match.

Up Next: The Howard Payne University women's soccer team will play their penultimate game of the season when the team travels to Marshall, Texas to play the East Texas Baptist University Tigers on Thursday, October 29 at 5:00 PM. The Lady Jackets will hope to pick up another win against the Tigers after beating them by a score of 1-0 earlier in the season. Read Full Article