HOUSTON — The University of Houston Soccer team closed its non conference action with a 6-0 rout of Texas Southern at the Carl Lewis International Complex on Sunday evening.
Houston (4-1-3) extended its shutout streak against Texas Southern (1-6-1) to nine eight games and improved its goal differential to 72-1.
Sophomore Bailey Cate opened the scoring in the 25th minute when she found the back of the net while in a crowd inside the box.
The Cougars drew a penalty in the 32nd minute and sophomore Samira Minor converted the penalty kick to double the lead.
In the 35th minute, junior Jada Arthurs scored her first goal as a Cougar as she headed a cross from freshman Elle Sloan for a 3-0 lead at the break.
Houston got to work early in the second half when freshman Alex Ledbetter finished a cross from Cate in the 48th minute.
After a shot into the box was headed away by a Tiger defender, junior Casey Maddox cleaned it up from just outside the 18-yard box in the 49th minute.
The Cougars were the beneficiaries as a Tiger own goal in the 73rd minute to push the lead to 6-0.
Fifth year Kate Borgmeier made her first career start in goal and earned a save.
Houston held Texas Southern to just two shots with one on target while the Cougars put up 21 shots with 14 on frame.
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The Cougars open Big 12 Conference play when they travel to Manhattan, Kan. to face Kansas State at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
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