Box Score LORMAN, Miss. – The defending Southland Conference Tournament champion Southeastern Louisiana women's soccer team continued its undefeated start to the 2014 season with a 9-0 victory over Alcorn State Thursday night at Spinks-Casem Stadium.
Southeastern (3-0) controlled from the onset in the match. Alcorn State fell to 0-1 overall in its season opener, as the Lady Lions finished with a 25-2 shot advantage in the match.
"We came out sharp from the beginning and we did a nice job throughout the match on connecting our passes and getting into the attack," Southeastern head coach
Blake Hornbuckle said. "Overall we were pleased with the effort."
Sophomore
Bri Singh led Southeastern with two goals to run her team-high season total to four goals. Junior
Cheyenne Maxwell, junior
Erin Christ, freshman
Maggie Ramsey, sophomore
Amber Lasher, junior
Kayla Vera, sophomore
Katie Noonan and sophomore
Lauren Lorentz all scored goals for the Lady Lions.
Noonan and senior
Chelsea Villaescusa were the top distributors for Southeastern, finishing with two assists apiece. Singh, Ramsey, freshman
Lauren Marler, junior
Gisenia Utreras and junior
Maddie Allen were each credited with an assist each.
Villaescusa, Christ, senior
Jen Babcock, sophomore
Alexsis Cable and freshman
Lauren Babcock all played a part on a back line that limited ASU's offensive opportunities. Sophomore goalkeeper
Hope Sabadash posted her third straight shutout of the fall, finishing with one save.
Southeastern put together all the offense it needed 50 seconds into the match. Singh took a feed from Ramsey and deposited a shot for the game-winning with 89 minutes and change left in the match.
The Lady Lions padded their lead in the eighth minute. Maxwell took a feed from Noonan and netted her second goal of the season to double the SLU lead. Just over three minutes later, Christ headed in a Villaescusa corner kick to push the advantage to 3-0.
Ramsey got into the scoring act in the 22
nd minute, finishing a run that also included Singh and Villaescusa. Her second goal of the season was followed 30 seconds later by Singh's second goal of the match. Lasher closed out the first half scoring in the 34
th minute, as she knocked in a pass from Marler to send SLU to the break with a commanding 6-0 advantage.
Vera started the second half scoring in spectacular fashion, driving down the right side and drilled a shot past Alcorn State keeper Maegan Aria. Her first goal of the season extended the Southeastern lead to 7-0.
In the 66
th minute, Noonan netted a cross from Utreras. Lorentz closed out the scoring in the 83
rd minute, scoring off a pass from Allen.
Southeastern will look to move to 4-0 on Sunday, when it travels to Texas Southern for a 1 p.m. match in Houston, Texas.
