ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— With 29 seconds remaining in Sunday’s contest against UC Davis, Nicole Anderson was taken down in the box to draw a penalty kick, with fellow forward Presley Devey calmly burying the shot in the net for the win and three big conference points for the Lobos.
UNM scored two goals nine minutes apart with Sherry Diep scoring her first collegiate goal on a header from a Celina Frenz cross at 80:31 on the clock, and Devey scored her sixth goal of the season for the winner at 89:31. Devey was also credited with an assist on Diep’s goal for her third assist of the season.
The Lobos outshot the Aggies 20-8 in the contest, 7-5 in shots on goal with Devey taking team-high five shots and Gabby Beaudry taking a team-high two shots on goal.
Kennedy Brown took the first shot of the match 4:03 in that went wide right and Anderson took the first shot on goal in the 18th minute on a cross from Allie Anderson with the ball bouncing in front of the goal and N. Anderson getting a foot on it, but her shot was right at the goalkeeper who made a save.
UC Davis got on the board first in the 23rd minute connecting on a cross into the box on its first shot and first shot on goal. The Lobos attempted to answer in the 25th minute with shots by Devey and Brown blocked five seconds apart.
Alyson Campbell made her first of four saves in the 37th minute and the Lobos had a shot by Mia Barela go wide left in the 40th minute and a shot by Beaudry that required a save at 44:36 before the half came to a close.
UNM led 9-3 in shots in the first 45 minutes with each team taking two shots on goal.
Campbell made a save from point blank in the 51st minute to keep it a one-goal match with the Lobos building on the offensive end with Barela connecting on a pass to an open streaking Alexa Campos deep in the box, who fired wide right of the net.
The Lobos continued the offensive pressure, with the UCD keeper getting a hand on Kylee Mackey’s shot to push it over the crossbar at the 59:59 mark and Beaudry shooting it from distance towards the top right corner with the Aggie keeper again getting a hand on it to send it out of play.
The Aggie goalie made another save on a shot by Barela, who tried to go low center in the 77th minute with Diep finding the equalizer in the 81st minute.
A goal kick by Campbell starting the opportunity with the Fiona Jenkins flipping the field on a kick ahead that led to an Aggie kicking it out of bounds.
Frenz threw the ball in to Alysa Whelchel, who passed it to Devey, who flicked it to Frenz using her back heel and Frenz dribbled towards the left side of the box. She crossed it into Diep, who redirected the ball towards the right corner of the net for the goal.
The Lobos had a chance to take the lead on a corner kick at 81:59, with N. Anderson’s shot blocked, and Devey taking a shot in the 88th minute that was off target.
In the 90th minute, Jenkins passed it to N. Anderson, who touch passed it to Frenz and took off upfield, with Frenz passing it right back to N. Anderson around the MW logo on the field. N. Anderson gathered the ball and turned upfield down the left side of the field. Cutting inside towards the box and getting ahead of her defender, she was taken down from behind inside the box and was awarded a penalty kick.
Devey stepped up to take it and shot it middle right for her second game-winning goal of the season and the seventh of her career.
UC Davis took a shot with 20 seconds left that was headed out by Beaudry with Devey eventually clearing the ball as time expired.
With the win, UNM improves to 6-4-2 on the season, 3-2-0 in conference.
Up next: the Lobos travel to Wyoming to face the Cowgirls Thursday at 3 p.m. MT before returning home to host UNLV on Sunday at 1 p.m., both on MW+.