DENTON — On Friday night the (RV) North Texas soccer team shutout its second straight opponent with a 1-0 victory over Grambling State at home.
 
The Mean Green (5-2) have now outscored their opponents 15-1 at home this season and extend their home unbeaten streak to 22 in a row. They are just three away from setting a program record.
 
"We just didn't play well offensively tonight," said head coach John Hedlund. The pressure was there but the finishing in the front of the goal was poor all night. I lost count of how many shots we had on their goal but give Grambling credit they got several players back inside their defensive third and worked extremely hard all night."
 
On Friday, UNT outshot the Lady Tigers (3-4-1) by a whopping 40-1. The 40 shots are the fifth-most in program history and the third-most since 1998.
 
Freshman Allie Byrd, who the coaches have noticed start to take her game to another level after last weekend, scored the lone goal for North Texas in the 17th minute. The 6-foot-0 forward fired a first shot at goal from roughly 10 yards out but hit the keeper right in the hands. Byrd collected the deflection and fired away again, this time not into the back of the net.
 
The goal is Byrd's second of the season.
 
"I'm glad I was able to score and we did a good job getting the ball into scoring chances but we have to finish more shots moving forward," Byrd said.
 
North Texas has a quick turnaround as they travel to Alabama on Sunday to play the Crimson Tide at 1 p.m. The Mean Green and Alabama drew 1-1 last season in Denton. Then senior Taylor Torres scored the goal for UNT. She however graduated after last season.
 
On Friday Byrd and fellow freshman Michelle Gonzalez led the team in shots on goal with three each.
 
Sunday's match at Alabama can be seen on SEC Network +.