SAN ANTONIO, Texas (September 5, 2024) – The University of Texas Permian Basin women's soccer team outshot Our Lake of the Lake University of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) 19-to-5 overall and 9-to-2 on shots on goal, but was unable to get one into the back of the net. In the end, the Falcons settled for a 0-0 tie against the Saints on Thursday at the OLLU Soccer Field.

UTPB (0-0-1 overall) also had five corner kicks to zero for OLLU, which was counting the match as an exhibition contest.

Sophie Dionissiou fired five shots and landed two shots on goal, Andrea Garcia had four shots and landed three shots on goal, and Cassandra Ramirez also had four total shot attempts.

Valeria Delgado played all 90 minutes in goal for the Falcons and stopped both shots on goal against her, both of which came in the first half.

Shots by Isabella Campos and Garcia were both saved by Samantha Valadez in the opening 10 minutes of the match, and then more shots on goal by Dionissiou, Ramirez and Natalia Salas were all saved by London Suarez in the final 12 minutes.

UTPB Head Coach Carla Tejas spoke about her season opener and said, "We obviously wanted to win, but we found a lot of good out of this match and a lot to learn from ourselves. We can tell it is our first match. It is our first clean sheet against a scholarship-funded school since 2022, so we take that and build from it. We are excited about this team."

The home opener for UT Permian Basin next week will also serve as its Senior Day as the Falcons host another NAIA opponent, Texas Wesleyan University, at 5 p.m. on Monday, September 9, on the UTPB Soccer Field.