Friday, November 16
Waco, TX
7:00 PM CT
Baylor
19-5-0
3
vs
1
Vanderbilt
16-4-1
1
2
F
Vanderbilt
1
0
1
Baylor
1
2
3
Team Stats
VANDY
BU
Goals
1
3
Shots
8
13
Shots on Goal
3
6
Saves
3
2
Corners
9
3
Fouls
6
5
Scoring Plays
Cunningham, Giuliana (6)
Assisted By: Henderson, Ally
header on a corner
4:32
Hopkins,Haley
Assisted By: Azari,Leila
crossed in for a header
13:03
Padgett, Raegan (6)
Assisted By: Henderson, Ally
Crossed
52:33
James, Julie (9)
Assisted By: Padgett, Raegan
GOAL by BU James, Julie, Assist by Padgett, Raegan, goal number 9 for season.
73:50
Game Leaders
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
1
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
2
Players Mentioned
MF/D
/ Soccer
D
/ SoccerMF
/ SoccerMF
/ Soccer
D/F
/ SoccerF
/ Soccer
F
/ Soccer
Photo by: Baylor Photography
No. 11 SOC Drills No. 13 Vanderbilt to Advance to Sweet 16
11/16/2018 10:16:00 PM | Soccer
Bears dominate second half to clinch first-ever back-to-back trip to round of 16
By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
Raegan Padgett says the 11th-ranked and second-seeded Baylor soccer team is "playing every game like it's our last, because it really could be."
The junior forward made sure Friday's matchup with 13th-ranked Vanderbilt (16-4-1) wouldn't be the Bears' last, netting the game winner in the eighth minute of the second half and assisting on another goal as Baylor (19-5-0) defeated the Commodores, 3-1, Friday night before a crowd of 1,316 at Betty Lou Mays Field.
"We just want to keep playing together, that's our driving force," Padgett said. "We just want to keep playing through the season."
Baylor extended its season with Friday's second-round win in the NCAA tournament and will face 12th-ranked and third-seeded Virginia (16-4-1) at 7 p.m. Sunday in its second straight Sweet 16 and third in program history. The Cavaliers are making their 14th consecutive appearance in the third round after winning a penalty-kick shootout with Texas Tech in the earlier game.
"They're a great team, they're a traditional powerhouse," Baylor coach Paul Jobson said of the Cavaliers, who lost to Florida State in the 2014 Women's Cup final. "They're well-coached and they adapt very, very well to a lot of different systems. Just a fantastic team with some really, really great players. We've got to recover and take care of ourselves and come out and play our game."
By the time Friday night's game started, the Bears were the Big 12's last team standing. Texas Tech and second-seeded West Virginia both lost penalty-kick shootouts, TCU and Kansas were knocked out by Texas A&M and North Carolina, respectfully, and Texas lost a first-round game to Virginia Tech.
"Just knowing that we're one of the last 16 teams left in the country, that's a great feeling," said defender Danielle Hayden, a junior transfer from Kentucky. "It can't get any better than that."
The Bears, who improved to a program-best 12-0 at home, got it started early when freshman Guiliana Cunningham headed in her sixth goal of the season off a corner kick by Ally Henderson just 4:32 into the game.
Vanderbilt, the regular-season SEC champions, answered with Haley Hopkins' 14th goal of the year as she headed in a cross from Leila Azari when the defense failed to clear it out of the back end.
"I felt like after we scored the first goal early in the half, I thought we took a little bit of our foot off the gas, and I thought they started winning first balls," Jobson said. "When we got to halftime, we just kind of refocused everybody and challenged them: Can we sharpen it up? Can we change the momentum a little bit? I thought they really did a great job in the second half, especially."
Hayden, filling in for injured starter Ariel Leach, led a defense that limited the Commodores to just three second-half shots and none on goal.
"In the locker room, Paul talked about if one of us messes up, we're always there, having each other's back," Hayden said. "If I mess up, I knew (Sarah) Norman was back there. If Norman messed up, she knew (Sarah) King was back there. We just put it together and came away with the win."
After starting 11 of the first 12 games, Hayden lost her starting job to Norman, "my best friend on and off the field." She found herself back in the lineup after Leach got hurt in the Big 12 Championship final against West Virginia and has started both of the NCAA tournament games.
"I couldn't walk around with my head down," Hayden said. "I knew (Norman) needed the encouragement, and she's always there for me. So, I just wanted to give the same back to her. And then, just like staying positive, staying ready, because you never know when you're going to be called."
Relentless on the attack, Baylor regained the lead in the eighth minute of the second half. Henderson had a shot blocked, but stayed with it and found Padgett on the back side for the go-ahead goal and her first game-winner of the season.
"I saw it go out to Ally, and I just made a run back post, and I didn't even see it until it got right in front of me and threw my body in front of it," Padgett said. "It's just what our team has done all year, just grind it out, get the scrums in the box and put it away."
Not done, Padgett notched her fifth assist of the season and ninth of her career in the 74th minute when she fed senior Julie James for a left-footed shot from point-blank range that got by Vandy goalkeeper Lauren Demarchi. It was James' ninth goal of the season and 19th of her career.
"We've seen every scenario, so I don't think anything really got in our girls' heads at all," said Jobson, who picked up his 75th career win and moved within three of the school record set by his wife, Marci Jobson. "They were just staying the course, knowing we had 90 minutes we had to play. I don't think they got worried about it once the equalizer was there."
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas – No. 11 Baylor soccer (19-5-0) took full control in the second period, blowing by No. 13 Vanderbilt (16-4-1) for a 3-1 win on Friday evening at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
Carrying a No. 2 national seed, the Bears maintained their perfect record at home in 2018, improving their program record home standing to 12-0.
BU came out with a strong start, punching their first score through in the fifth minute. Giuliana Cunningham headed in a goal off a corner from Ally Henderson, giving the Bears the quick 1-0 advantage.
The Commodores took advantage of a chaotic sequence in front of the Baylor box, connecting on the equalizer in the 14th minute to tie the match back at 1-1.
After a quiet end to the first period, the Bears bounced back early in the second, taking back the lead in the 53rd minute.
After a blocked shot bounced right back to Ally Henderson, she crossed in a pass to Raegan Padgett, who punched in the score for the Bears, regaining a 2-1 lead.
Finding insurance in the 74th minute, Raegan Padgett won a second ball off a header in the box, passing a ball up to Julie James in front of the net, with the senior captain using some a left-footed kick to ice the 3-1 lead and victory for the Bears.
STAT OF THE MATCH #1
75 – the career wins for sixth-year head coach Paul Jobson, moving within four wins of tying the program-record holder – his wife, Marci (78, 2008-2014).
STAT OF THE MATCH #2
12-0 – Baylor's home record in 2018, a program record for most home wins in a single-season
STAT OF THE MATCH #3
16 – Baylor advances into the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history and for the third time in the last seven seasons (2012, 2017).
TOP QUOTES
"I felt like after we scored the first goal early in the first half, I thought we took a little bit of our foot off the gas and I thought they started winning first balls. When we got to halftime we just kind of refocused everybody and kind of challenged them. Can we sharpen it up? Can we change the momentum a little bit? I thought they really did a great job, in the second half especially." – Baylor coach Paul Jobson
"We're just playing every game like it's our last because it really could be. We just want to keep playing together, that's our driving force, we just want to keep playing through the season." – Baylor junior forward Raegan Padgett
"In the locker room, Paul talked about if one of us messes up, we're always there, having each other's back. If I mess up, I knew [Sarah] Norman was back there. If Norman messed up, she knew [Sarah] King was back there. I don't know, we just put it together and came away with the win." – Baylor junior defender Danielle Hayden
NOTES
* Baylor improved to 7-4-2 all-time in the NCAA Soccer Championship, including a 4-1-1 mark under head coach Paul Jobson.
* Baylor and Vanderbilt met for the first time, with the Bears improving to 1-0-0 in the all-time series.
* Baylor advanced into the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Soccer Championship for the third time, all coming in the last seven seasons (2012, 2017, 2018).
* Baylor reached the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.
* Baylor became the furthest advancing team in the Big 12 for the second-straight season, with the conference going 1-2-2 on the day (two losses, two non-advancing on PK's).
* Giuliana Cunningham scored her sixth goal of the season, continuing a spectacular freshman season.
* Ally Henderson notched two more assists, taking her total for the season up to six. She has assisted on three of Baylor's five NCAA goals through the first two rounds.
* Raegan Padgett scored her sixth goal on the season, the 12th of her collegiate career.
* Padgett added an assist, her fifth of the season and the ninth of her career.
* Julie James connected on her ninth goal of the season, one away from giving Baylor two double-digit scorers (Camryn Wendlandt, 10).
* Baylor has scored 47 goals on the season, the most since the 2012 squad netted 58 scores.
* After tying 5-5 on shots, allowing a 7-2 deficit on corner kicks and carrying a 4-1 margin on fouls, the Bears dominated going 7-3 on shots, 1-2 on corner kicks, and committing just one foul to Vandy's five in the second period.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor stays home for its third round action, facing No. 12 Virginia on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. A win for the Bears would give BU a trip back into the Elite 8, either going to the No. 1-seeded Georgetown squad or hosting Duke next weekend.
Baylor Bear Insider
Raegan Padgett says the 11th-ranked and second-seeded Baylor soccer team is "playing every game like it's our last, because it really could be."
The junior forward made sure Friday's matchup with 13th-ranked Vanderbilt (16-4-1) wouldn't be the Bears' last, netting the game winner in the eighth minute of the second half and assisting on another goal as Baylor (19-5-0) defeated the Commodores, 3-1, Friday night before a crowd of 1,316 at Betty Lou Mays Field.
"We just want to keep playing together, that's our driving force," Padgett said. "We just want to keep playing through the season."
Baylor extended its season with Friday's second-round win in the NCAA tournament and will face 12th-ranked and third-seeded Virginia (16-4-1) at 7 p.m. Sunday in its second straight Sweet 16 and third in program history. The Cavaliers are making their 14th consecutive appearance in the third round after winning a penalty-kick shootout with Texas Tech in the earlier game.
"They're a great team, they're a traditional powerhouse," Baylor coach Paul Jobson said of the Cavaliers, who lost to Florida State in the 2014 Women's Cup final. "They're well-coached and they adapt very, very well to a lot of different systems. Just a fantastic team with some really, really great players. We've got to recover and take care of ourselves and come out and play our game."
By the time Friday night's game started, the Bears were the Big 12's last team standing. Texas Tech and second-seeded West Virginia both lost penalty-kick shootouts, TCU and Kansas were knocked out by Texas A&M and North Carolina, respectfully, and Texas lost a first-round game to Virginia Tech.
"Just knowing that we're one of the last 16 teams left in the country, that's a great feeling," said defender Danielle Hayden, a junior transfer from Kentucky. "It can't get any better than that."
The Bears, who improved to a program-best 12-0 at home, got it started early when freshman Guiliana Cunningham headed in her sixth goal of the season off a corner kick by Ally Henderson just 4:32 into the game.
Vanderbilt, the regular-season SEC champions, answered with Haley Hopkins' 14th goal of the year as she headed in a cross from Leila Azari when the defense failed to clear it out of the back end.
"I felt like after we scored the first goal early in the half, I thought we took a little bit of our foot off the gas, and I thought they started winning first balls," Jobson said. "When we got to halftime, we just kind of refocused everybody and challenged them: Can we sharpen it up? Can we change the momentum a little bit? I thought they really did a great job in the second half, especially."
Hayden, filling in for injured starter Ariel Leach, led a defense that limited the Commodores to just three second-half shots and none on goal.
"In the locker room, Paul talked about if one of us messes up, we're always there, having each other's back," Hayden said. "If I mess up, I knew (Sarah) Norman was back there. If Norman messed up, she knew (Sarah) King was back there. We just put it together and came away with the win."
After starting 11 of the first 12 games, Hayden lost her starting job to Norman, "my best friend on and off the field." She found herself back in the lineup after Leach got hurt in the Big 12 Championship final against West Virginia and has started both of the NCAA tournament games.
"I couldn't walk around with my head down," Hayden said. "I knew (Norman) needed the encouragement, and she's always there for me. So, I just wanted to give the same back to her. And then, just like staying positive, staying ready, because you never know when you're going to be called."
Relentless on the attack, Baylor regained the lead in the eighth minute of the second half. Henderson had a shot blocked, but stayed with it and found Padgett on the back side for the go-ahead goal and her first game-winner of the season.
"I saw it go out to Ally, and I just made a run back post, and I didn't even see it until it got right in front of me and threw my body in front of it," Padgett said. "It's just what our team has done all year, just grind it out, get the scrums in the box and put it away."
Not done, Padgett notched her fifth assist of the season and ninth of her career in the 74th minute when she fed senior Julie James for a left-footed shot from point-blank range that got by Vandy goalkeeper Lauren Demarchi. It was James' ninth goal of the season and 19th of her career.
"We've seen every scenario, so I don't think anything really got in our girls' heads at all," said Jobson, who picked up his 75th career win and moved within three of the school record set by his wife, Marci Jobson. "They were just staying the course, knowing we had 90 minutes we had to play. I don't think they got worried about it once the equalizer was there."
THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas – No. 11 Baylor soccer (19-5-0) took full control in the second period, blowing by No. 13 Vanderbilt (16-4-1) for a 3-1 win on Friday evening at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
Carrying a No. 2 national seed, the Bears maintained their perfect record at home in 2018, improving their program record home standing to 12-0.
BU came out with a strong start, punching their first score through in the fifth minute. Giuliana Cunningham headed in a goal off a corner from Ally Henderson, giving the Bears the quick 1-0 advantage.
The Commodores took advantage of a chaotic sequence in front of the Baylor box, connecting on the equalizer in the 14th minute to tie the match back at 1-1.
After a quiet end to the first period, the Bears bounced back early in the second, taking back the lead in the 53rd minute.
After a blocked shot bounced right back to Ally Henderson, she crossed in a pass to Raegan Padgett, who punched in the score for the Bears, regaining a 2-1 lead.
Finding insurance in the 74th minute, Raegan Padgett won a second ball off a header in the box, passing a ball up to Julie James in front of the net, with the senior captain using some a left-footed kick to ice the 3-1 lead and victory for the Bears.
STAT OF THE MATCH #1
75 – the career wins for sixth-year head coach Paul Jobson, moving within four wins of tying the program-record holder – his wife, Marci (78, 2008-2014).
STAT OF THE MATCH #2
12-0 – Baylor's home record in 2018, a program record for most home wins in a single-season
STAT OF THE MATCH #3
16 – Baylor advances into the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history and for the third time in the last seven seasons (2012, 2017).
TOP QUOTES
"I felt like after we scored the first goal early in the first half, I thought we took a little bit of our foot off the gas and I thought they started winning first balls. When we got to halftime we just kind of refocused everybody and kind of challenged them. Can we sharpen it up? Can we change the momentum a little bit? I thought they really did a great job, in the second half especially." – Baylor coach Paul Jobson
"We're just playing every game like it's our last because it really could be. We just want to keep playing together, that's our driving force, we just want to keep playing through the season." – Baylor junior forward Raegan Padgett
"In the locker room, Paul talked about if one of us messes up, we're always there, having each other's back. If I mess up, I knew [Sarah] Norman was back there. If Norman messed up, she knew [Sarah] King was back there. I don't know, we just put it together and came away with the win." – Baylor junior defender Danielle Hayden
NOTES
* Baylor improved to 7-4-2 all-time in the NCAA Soccer Championship, including a 4-1-1 mark under head coach Paul Jobson.
* Baylor and Vanderbilt met for the first time, with the Bears improving to 1-0-0 in the all-time series.
* Baylor advanced into the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Soccer Championship for the third time, all coming in the last seven seasons (2012, 2017, 2018).
* Baylor reached the Sweet 16 in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.
* Baylor became the furthest advancing team in the Big 12 for the second-straight season, with the conference going 1-2-2 on the day (two losses, two non-advancing on PK's).
* Giuliana Cunningham scored her sixth goal of the season, continuing a spectacular freshman season.
* Ally Henderson notched two more assists, taking her total for the season up to six. She has assisted on three of Baylor's five NCAA goals through the first two rounds.
* Raegan Padgett scored her sixth goal on the season, the 12th of her collegiate career.
* Padgett added an assist, her fifth of the season and the ninth of her career.
* Julie James connected on her ninth goal of the season, one away from giving Baylor two double-digit scorers (Camryn Wendlandt, 10).
* Baylor has scored 47 goals on the season, the most since the 2012 squad netted 58 scores.
* After tying 5-5 on shots, allowing a 7-2 deficit on corner kicks and carrying a 4-1 margin on fouls, the Bears dominated going 7-3 on shots, 1-2 on corner kicks, and committing just one foul to Vandy's five in the second period.
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor stays home for its third round action, facing No. 12 Virginia on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. A win for the Bears would give BU a trip back into the Elite 8, either going to the No. 1-seeded Georgetown squad or hosting Duke next weekend.
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