The final minutes of regulation were winding down when a voice from the Mulcahy Stadium stands pierced through the warm desert air.
“This is your ball, Falasco!” it uttered, as Arizona forward Cali Crisler readied to take a corner kick.
That it was.
Samantha Falasco headed in Crisler’s service to lift the Arizona soccer team to a 1-0 win over Texas Tech on Sunday night in Tucson.
“I was like, ‘yep, this is my ball,” said Falasco, whose goal was scored in the 88th minute.
“We always work on wanting to be the best in the box … and I was making my run and the ball came to me, and I was like ‘this is my chance.