Dayton Flyers

Boxscore

AUSTIN, Texas –  The University of Dayton lost a 3-2 overtime match against the Texas Longhorns Friday night at Myers Stadium in the season opener. Senior Colleen Williams and junior Juliana Libertin each scored for the Flyers (0-1-0), while senior Alexis Garcia had both assists for UD.

Williams scored the first goal of the Flyers’ 2012 season in the third minute to give UD a 1-0 lead. The senior put away the 42nd goal of her career after a botched clear on a corner kick by Garcia. She got by one defender and took another touch, freezing two Texas defenders and finishing to the back of the net.

The Longhorns scored two unanswered goals to go up 2-1 with about 10 minutes remaining in the match.

Libertin’s goal came in the 87th minute to bring the match even. Garcia played a ball over the top as Libertin was making a run past the Longhorn defense. She beat the keeper and the ball trickled over the goal line and her goal forced overtime.

Senior Kristin Cummins was the star for Texas (1-0-0), with an assist and two goals, including the golden goal to win the match in the 99th minute for the Longhorns.

Texas had 21 shots compared to UD’s 10. UT had seven shots on goal while Dayton had three, converting two of those for scores. Dayton had eight corner kicks to UT’s five. The Flyers had three offside calls against them while Texas had none.

The Flyers travel to San Antonio to take on UTSA this Sunday, Aug. 19 at 2 p.m. ET.