{"id":476784,"date":"2026-10-26T03:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476784\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T03:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:36:11","slug":"wsoc-diaz-nets-89th-minute-game-winner-against-the-islanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/476784\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOC: Diaz Nets 89th Minute Game-Winner Against the Islanders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lamar.png\" alt=\"Lamar\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Lamar<\/p>\n<p>11\/1\/2026 | 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Nov. 01 (Sun) \/ 3:30 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Lamar.png\" alt=\"Lamar\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Lamar&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/hcuhuskies.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/opponent-history\/lamar\/295\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCUWSoccer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @HCUWSoccer<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2013 Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/hcuhuskies.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/jasmine-diaz\/7008\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7008\" target=\"_blank\">Jasmine Diaz<\/a> broke a 0-0 tie with just over a minute to play with a long-range strike to lift HCU to a 1-0 victory over Texas A&amp;M-Corpus Christi in Southland Conference play on Sunday afternoon at Dugan Soccer stadium to clinch a spot in the SLC Tournament and remain firmly in the hunt for a regular season conference championship.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn the first half, <a href=\"https:\/\/hcuhuskies.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/isabella-dillow\/7009\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7009\" target=\"_blank\">Isabella Dillow<\/a> had two shots on target while Diaz had another for the Huskies (8-3-6, 4-0-4 SLC) while <a href=\"https:\/\/hcuhuskies.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/emmy-mckeon\/7014\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7014\" target=\"_blank\">Emmy McKeon<\/a> was pressed into one save during the first 45 minutes. Emmie Barton put an attempt on goal midway through the second half for the Islanders (4-9-4, 1-6-2 SLC) but McKeon made the top. HCU put three more shots on the goal, including a pair from <a href=\"https:\/\/hcuhuskies.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/madison-stormberg\/7020\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7020\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Stormberg<\/a>, but was unable to get that sought-after goal.<\/p>\n<p>With less than 100 seconds remaining, the Huskies put together a few passes off a throw in from near midfield with Stormberg and <a href=\"https:\/\/hcuhuskies.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/olivia-rossman\/7017\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7017\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Rossman<\/a> directly setting up Diaz who sent a brilliant shot from 30 yards out to the top right corner over a diving Addie Brown who was fully extended trying to deflect the shot away.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26bd\ufe0f\ud835\uddea\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5 \ud835\uddea\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde5\u203c\ufe0f \ud835\uddd9\ud835\udde5\ud835\udde2\ud835\udde0 \ud835\uddea\ud835\uddd4\ud835\uddec \ud835\uddd7\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddea\ud835\udde1\ud835\udde7\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddea\ud835\udde1 &#8230; \ud835\udddd\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde6\ud835\udde0\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd8 \ud835\uddd7\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udded \ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddfd\ud835\ude02\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddd6\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddf6\ud835\ude00\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6 &#8230; \ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00 @HCUWSoccer \ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddef\ud835\ude00 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 3\u20e3 \ud835\uddfd\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\ude01\ud835\ude00 \ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb \ud835\uddf1\ud835\uddff\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf0 \ud835\uddf3\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude00\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfb ! #DawgsUp | @SouthlandSports https:\/\/t.co\/d8ZQkLMkIs<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 HCU Athletics (@HCUAthletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HCUAthletics\/status\/2114436937469817045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 25, 2026<\/a><br \/>\n \u00a0<br \/>\nThe goal was Diaz&#8217;s third of the season and her second game-winner of the year. For Rossman, the assist was her eighth of the season which moves her into first in the conference in the category and ties her for fourth-most single-season assists in program history. Stormberg now has two assists this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe win pushes the Huskies&#8217; school record unbeaten streak to 12 as HCU has not lost a match since August. HCU now stands on 16 points in conference play, seven clear of eighth-place East Texas A&amp;M to ensure the Huskies can finish no worse than seventh in the conference standings. As of the end of HCU&#8217;s match, the Huskies were tied with Lamar and UIW at the top of the SLC standings.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Huskies will host Lamar at Sorrels Field next Sunday, Nov. 1, at 3:30 p.m. for the penultimate game of the regular season and HCU&#8217;s final home game of the year.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Lamar 11\/1\/2026 | 3:30 p.m. &#13; Nov. 01 (Sun) \/ 3:30 p.m.&#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-476784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}