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Alex Morgan scores 1st goal for Tottenham from penalty spot

(AP) — Alex Morgan of months," Rehanne Skin- make it 1-1.
scored her first goal for ner said after her first game In the 63rd minute, Angela
Tottenham in a 3-1 victory as Tottenham manager. "For Addison took the ball past
over Brighton on Sunday her, she's getting more and two Brighton players and the
as the London club won more back to where she goalkeeper to slot into the
its first match of the Wom- would probably want to be." bottom right-hand corner
en's Super League season. Tottenham opened the scor- and brilliantly restore Spurs'
ing when Morgan was fouled lead.
The American World Cup and Kerys Harrop swung the Morgan is among a group
winner, who made her Tot- free kick into the top left- of American players to have
tenham debut last month hand corner of the goal in the moved to English soccer for
after giving birth in May, 11th minute. this season, with Rose Lavelle
scored her team's third goal Brighton leveled from a 33rd- and Sam Mewis at Manches-
from a penalty in the 84th minute penalty after Allana ter City, and Tobin Heath and
minute. Kennedy's high foot caught Christen Press at Manchester
"Alex has been building up Brighton's Aileen Whelan. United.
her time on the pitch over Inessa Kaagman fired power- Tottenham has six points af-
the course of the last couple fully inside the right post to ter eight rounds.

Shook, New Mexico beat Wyoming 17-16, snap 14-game skid

Running back Xazavian Val- fered during the first quar- nation averaging 12.3 tackles
laday, a first-team all-Moun- ter of last week's win over per game — was ejected for
tain West selection as a soph- UNLV. targeting just before halftime.
omore last season, did not Wyoming linebacker Chad He finished with 10 tackles,
play for the Cowboys due to Muma Jr. — who went into including two for losses,
an injury to his left leg suf- the game tied for sixth in the against New Mexico.

(AP) — Isaiah Chavez untouched to give New
hit Bobby Cole for a 44- Mexico a 17-16 lead with
yard touchdown with 6:22 6:22 to play.
to play, Brandon Shook Wyoming's Dontae Crow
forced two Wyoming turn- returned the ensuing kick-
overs thereon, and New off 40 yards to near mid-
Mexico beat the Cowboys field but nose tackle Ben
17-16 on Saturday night Gansallo sacked Williams
to snap the longest active two plays later, bringing up
losing streak in the FBS. third-and-21 and knocking
Williams out of the game.
New Mexico (1-5, 1-5 Backup QB Gavin Berrup hit
Mountain West Conference) Eberhart for an 18-yard and
had lost 14 in a row overall, then on fourth-and-2 pulled
dating to a 55-52 win over the handoff on a read-option
New Mexico State on Sep- play and raced 38 yards to
tember 21, 2019. The Lobos the 7 but but Shook forced a
ended a 20-game conference fumble by Smith on the next
losing streak as well — also play and Jake Saltonstall re-
the longest in the country. covered at the 5.
Isaiah Chavez — listed as
New Mexico's fifth-string The Wyoming defense forced
QB in the spring — took a three-and-out and started
over for fellow walk-on the ensuing drive at the New
Connor Genal who left in Mexico 44. After three con-
the second quarter after suf- secutive incomplete passes,
fering an apparent left-wrist Shook intercepted a fourth-
injury. Chavez finished 5-of- and-10 pass by Berrup to seal
10 passing for 55 yards with- it.
out an interception. Trey Smith had 24 carries for
Chavez, on fake a jet sweep, a 154 yards, including a 58-
hit a wide-open Bobby Cole yard touchdown, for Wyo-
who raced the final 25 yards ming (2-3, 2-3).