HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS (August 30, 2008) Sam Houston State Freshman Britni Martin scored the first goalof her college career Friday night in a 3-1 home-opening loss to Universityof Houston at Pritchett Field.Martin, a freshman from Conroe, found the back of the net early in thesecond half to cut the Cougar lead to 2-1. She took a pass from Deanna Longand buried it in the back of the net in the 56th minute. The Kats had twoother chances to even the scored before the Cougars went up 3-1 in the 69th minute on a goal by Riley Canfield.
Houston scored a pair of goals in quick succession in the first half. Afterplaying 20minutes of scoreless soccer, Christine Nieva broke the ice withgoal in the 21st minute. Three minutes later, Jessica Zavalza scored to put Houston up 2-0. The Cougars outshot SHSU 25-13.
In the 82nd minute Zavalza was given a yellow card and three minutes laterwas sent off the pitch with a red. Lynn Baker was also yellow carded in the34th minute for Houston.
The Bearkats will be back in action Sunday when they take on Prairie View A&M at 1 p.m. at Pritchett.
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