SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Southeastern Louisiana sophomore Payton Colson scored her first collegiate goal but Incarnate Word netted a pair of goals in a four-minute span in the second half to take a 2-1 Southland Conference victory Friday night.

    Colson scored off a deflection late in the first half to give Southeastern (4-5-1, 1-1-0 Southland) a 1-0 lead. She finished with a team-high three shots, all on goal. Senior Casey Peacock had her team-high third assist. Senior goalkeeper Hope Sabadash made five saves while facing 16 shots.

    "We did a good job in the first half of putting pressure on the back line and created a goal," Southeastern head coach Blake Hornbuckle said. In the second half, we had some opportunities in front of the goal and couldn't find the net."

    Incarnate Word (2-5-1, 1-1-0) picked up its first win over the Lady Lions in four tries. Sophomore Sam Batley scored her first two goals of the season while taking three shots on goal. Freshman Brooke Hanson had her first assist of the year. Sophomore Sydney Huntsinger and junior Haley Nelson each played a half in net. Nelson played the final 45 minutes, making four saves while facing six shots. Huntsinger allowed a goal and made one save on four shots faced.

    Southeastern broke through in the 31^st minute after Huntsinger had a clearing pass deflect off Peacock. Colson converted the turnover, giving the Lady Lions a 1-0 lead.
Sabadash saved a shot by Hanson but sophomore Christina Cutura was called for a foul in the box in the 55^th minute. Batley converted the penalty kick, tying the match at 1.

    Cutura sent a header wide in the 57^th minute. UIW then countered with Batley knocking in the rebound from 15 yards out after Hanson hit the crossbar, putting the Cardinals up 2-1 in the 59^th minute.

    Nelson saved shots by freshman Amber Marinero and sophomore Vanessa Arzaluz between the 70^th- and 80^th-minute marks. Junior Maddie Kresevic then missed wide in the 81^st minute.

    Nelson saved a header by Colson in the final seconds to preserve the win.

    Sabadash saved a shot by junior Karey Tylman in the 15^th minute of the match. After senior Abigail Koenigs had a shot blocked, Tylman missed wide in the 21^st minute.

    The UIW defense blocked a shot by Marinero in the 25^th minute before Sabadash saved a header by sophomore Shelbi Miller in the 30^th minute. Koenigs had a shot blocked, then sent the rebound wide in the 34^th minute.

    Huntsinger saved another shot by Colson in the 42^nd minute. Junior Kim Porche then missed wide after taking a corner from Arzaluz in the final seconds of the opening half.

    Nelson saved a header by Kresevic in the 52^nd minute.

    Koenigs missed wide in the 63^rd minute before Sabadash saved a shot by Batley two minutes later. Junior Nikki Popa and Tylman missed wide on shots in the final nine minutes.

    Southeastern travels to Abilene Christian on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Wildcats (3-6-1, 2-0-0) defeated Nicholls, 2-1, in overtime Friday night.

    Live stats, provided by ACU, will be accessible on the Southeastern women's soccer schedule page at www.LionSports.net.