LARAMIE, Wyo.— For the second straight match, the Lobos showed their relentlessness to quit and found a way to score, turning a late deficit into critical conference points as Celina Frenz tied the match against Wyoming at 88:55 off of a Presley Devey assist.
The shots were even with each team taking 13, with the Lobos holding an 8-6 edge in shots on goal. Of UNM’s 13 shots, 11 came in the second half and six shots on goal came in the second half, with Frenz leading with three shots on goal and tied Nicole Anderson for the team high in shots at four.
For Frenz, it marked her third goal of the season, while Devey was credited with her fourth assist. Thursday also marked consecutive matches with Frenz recording a point and consecutive matches with Devey recording an assist.
Devey took the first shot of the match 11:57 in to top center that was saved by the Cowgirl keeper, while the Lobos blocked UW’s first shot at 13:12. However, Wyoming scored on its next shot at the 14:51 mark with a shot to the bottom right.
Wyoming continued to pressure the Lobo defense with two shots that went wide and two shots that were blocked. UNM’s second shot didn’t come until the 42nd minute when Mia Barela’s shot to the bottom right of the net was saved, and was the final shot of the half by either team.
The Lobos were outshot 6-2 in the first half with both shots on goal, compared to one shot on goal for Wyoming.
Anderson took the first shot of the second half at the 56:16 point of the match that was off target and Kennedy Brown’s shot in the 58th minute was off target. For the Cowgirls, their first shot of the second half was saved by Alyson Campbell in the 60th minute. Campbell made another save in the 66th minute to keep it a one-goal deficit, with the Lobo goalie making a total of five saves in the final 45 minutes.
Anderson attempted to tie the match in the 77th minute with a shot that went bottom left of the net that was saved at 76:13, and followed it up with a shot 31 seconds later to the bottom right of the goal that was saved.
The Lobos kept the offensive pressure with Frentz putting a shot on frame in the 78th minute that was saved and Angelina Moschetti taking a shot to the bottom right in the 80th minute that was saved.
Anderson’s shot at the 83:13 mark was off target as was Fiona Jenkins’ shot 39 seconds later. Frenz took a shot in the 85th minute that was low center and saved.
UNM found the equalizer with 1:05 remaining in the contest on the goal by Frenz with the Cowgirls taking the final shot of the match with 50 seconds remaining that sailed high.
With the result, the Lobos extend their unbeaten streak over the Cowgirls to 10 matches with six wins and four ties.
The Lobos leave Laramie with a 6-4-3 record and 3-2-1 record in the Mountain West and pick up a point with the draw for 10 total points in the conference standings.
Up next: UNM returns home to host UNLV on Sunday at 1 p.m. MT on MW+.