WACO, Texas – Iowa State (4-9-1, 1-5 Big 12) fell in Thursday night’s matchup against Baylor (7-5-2, 2-3-1 Big 12) by a score of 4-2. ISU struck first, but four unanswered Baylor scores gave the Bears the advantage. Senior forward Salomé Prat was the bright spot for the Cyclones, as the Tarbes, France native, notched her third career brace and first as an Iowa State Cyclone. Prat wasn’t the only athlete on the field to notch a brace on the evening, as Baylor forward Tyler Isgrig also recorded two scores on the evening to pace the Bears and their offensive attack. Prat put the Cyclones on the board first, rifling a shot around a defender from the middle of the box in the 21st minute to give ISU a 1-0 lead. Baylor responded almost immediately to the Cyclone score, tallying the equalizer just two minutes later in the 23^rd minute as Isgrig notched her first score. The Bears would add on another goal before the break to hold a 2-1 advantage at the half. BU came out of the gates aggressively, scoring in under a minute of action to take a 3-1 lead in the 46^th minute of play. Baylor would then go on to extend its lead to 4-1 in the 61st minute on an Ashley Merrill goal.

Prat led multiple Cyclone opportunities in the second half, eventually connecting with her second score of the day to half the Baylor lead 4-2 in the 83rd minute.

Iowa State’s comeback efforts were thwarted as the Bears earned their second Big 12 win of the season, 4-2.

Both Prat and Alex Campana led the team in shots on the evening, both recording four, while Abigail Miller had three. Chloe Broughton, Hanna Reid and keeper Avery Gillahan were the lone Cyclones to play all 90 minutes this evening.

The loss is just the second time under coach Matt Fannon has lost while scoring two goals in a match. The only other time it happened was also against the Baylor Bears.

Baylor and Iowa State were equal on shots for the evening, as each team had 14. The Cyclones drew more corners than the Bears, 8-3, but Baylor held the advantage in both shots on goal (7-6) and saves (3-2).

Fannon’s Thoughts 

“We were just a step off the game plan tonight, and it left us chasing moments where we really could’ve put our foot down and commanded the match. We consistently looked threatening but got our shape wrong on too many occasions. If we can cut out a couple of the mistakes, we will be great.”

Goals 

Iowa State: Salomé Prat – 21’ & 83’ (5)

Baylor: Tyler Isgrig – 23’ & 46’ (6), Salma Simonin – 28’ (1), Ashley Merrill – 61’ (8)

Assists

Iowa State: N/A

Baylor: Callie Conrad (5), Blythe Obar (1), Ashley Merrill (1), Tyler Isgrig (7)

Up Next 

Iowa State will stay in Texas, making a short drive down I-35 to Austin for a Sunday matchup with the Texas Longhorns. Sunday’s match is set to begin at 1 p.m. and will be streamed on the Longhorn Network.