JONESBORO, Ark. – Southeastern Louisiana sophomore Ana Zadro scored two goals and junior Marisa Rodrigues finished with three assists to lead the Lady Lion soccer team to a convincing 4-0 victory over Arkansas State Friday night at the A-State Soccer Park.
 
Southeastern (4-1) scored two goals early in the first half to set the early tone on the way to victory. Arkansas State fell to 1-3 overall with the loss.
 
"We did a good job connecting passes and finding the correct space to attack," Southeastern head coach Blake Hornbuckle said. "We played with a great flow and we did an excellent job of playing team defense today."
 
Zadro scored her first two goals of the season to fuel the Southeastern attack. Senior Gisenia Utreras and junior Amber Lasher each also found the net. Rodrigues set a new career high for assists, while Zadro and freshman Sofia Olsson also were each credited with an assist.
 
Junior Katie Noonan, sophomore Maddie Kresevic, senior Maddie Allen, freshman Christina Cutura, sophomore Lauren Babcock and junior Lauren Lorentz all contributed to a SLU back line effort that held ASU to seven shots in the match. Lady Lion junior goalkeeper Hope Sabadash made three saves on the way to her third shutout of the season.
 
"Gisenia was again a key factor with her ability to get us into the attack and Ana had a fantastic effort in the midfield," Hornbuckle said. "(Senior) Kayla Vera did an excellent job challenging everything and (sophomore) Maggie Ramsey was very consistent with her distribution.
 
"Marisa played with a strong presence up top," Hornbuckle continued. "We were also very pleased with Katie for anchoring the defense and (sophomore) Maddie Kresevic for attacking from the back line."
 
Southeastern broke a scoreless tie in the 14^th minute. Rodrigues played a cross to Zadro and the Mississauga, Ontario, Canada native beat Arkansas State goalkeeper Kelsey Ponder to stake SLU a 1-0 lead.
 
Just over a minute later, the Lady Lions doubled their lead. Zadro played a cross to the left side and Utreras finished it for her third goal of the season. The Brampton, Ontario, Canada product gave SLU a 2-0 lead that it would carry into halftime.
 
Any thoughts of an ASU comeback were dampened less than three minutes into the second half. Zadro finished a combination that also involved Rodrigues and Olsson, knocking in a shot over the head of Arkansas State goalkeeper Alexis Philippe to give Southeastern a 3-0 lead.
 
Lasher put the final nail in the coffin in the final minutes. Rodrigues hit a shot that was blocked, gathered the deflection and found the Norco, California native for her first goal of the season and the final 4-0 margin.
 
Southeastern will close out its road swing with a 1 p.m. match at Louisiana-Monroe on Sunday. Live stats, provided by ULM, will be accessible at LionSports.net.