AUSTIN, Texas – It's not every match one of a team's defenders records a three-point performance, but Texas' 3-0 win over Houston Christian on Thursday night was that match for Lauren Lapomarda.
Looking for improve on a 1-0 lead on the scoreboard following the seventh goal by Lexi Missimo on the season, Lapomarda sent a pass towards the right edge of the 18-yard box as Amalia Villarreal was looking to get by a defender. Rather than beating her defender on a 1-on-1 opportunity, Villarreal, on the first touch from Lapomarda's pass, sent a cross into the box that Holly Ward put into the back of the net to double Texas' lead less than 15 minutes into the second half.