Women’s Soccer Falls in Tight Battle with Nicholls

RIO GRANDE VALLEY — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women’s soccer team dropped a Southland Conference (SLC) match Thursday, 2-1, to the Nicholls Colonels at the UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex. The Vaqueros (4-9-1, 0-5-1 SLC) tied the match 1-1 in the 65 th minute when junior Isabella Burtini scored her sixth goal of the campaign by a lead pass off the boot of junior Sienna Gillespie , the second of her career. Gillespie made a beautiful through pass that found a wide open Burtini, which created a one-on-one chance for the striker and…