HAMMOND, La. – Anika Sultan broke a scoreless stalemate in the 74^th minute and Central Arkansas held on for a 1-0 Southland Conference win over Southeastern Louisiana in the Lady Lions' 2017 home finale Sunday night in Strawberry Stadium.

    Sultan took a pass from Alex Moore in the box and angled a shot into the left side of the net to give the Bears (10-8-0, 7-3-0) their third straight win. It was Sultan's first goal of the season and Moore's sixth assist. Anna Hughes preserved the shutout with seven saves.

    Freshman goalkeeper Michaela Hawthorn made 10 saves, including a number of highlight ones in the second half for Southeastern (4-10-3, 2-6-2). Junior defender Christina Cutura and redshirt-junior midfielder Maggie Ramsey each took six shots, three on goal, for the Lady Lions.
  
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
    Cutura's shot in the box sailed wide in the 10^th minute.
  
    Hughes dove to deflect away a shot by Ramsey from the right side in the 24^th minute.

    Hughes snared a header in the box by junior defender Sofia Olsson in the 31^st minute.

    Hawthorn grabbed a header by Makayla Wilson in the 47^th minute.

    Hughes saved a shot from the left side by Cutura in the 53^rd minute. Freshman forward Jessi Cooper got the rebound but missed wide. Cooper got the ball back on the possession but again missed wide.

    Hughes dove to knock away a shot by Ramsey in the 55^th minute.

    Hawthorn slid away an attempt after Ashley Smith took a pass from Camille Bassett in the 57^th minute.

    Hawthorn dove to save a shot by Mounie off a deflection in the 58^th minute.

    Hughes knocked down an attempt by Ramsey from the left wing in the 63^rd minute. Cooper took the rebound but had her shot blocked wide.

    Cutura sent a free kick from just outside the box high in the 65^th minute.

    Hughes saved another attempt by Cutura in the 80^th minute.

    Hawthorn stopped shots by Hadley Dickinson and Smith in the final nine minutes.
 
NOTES
   Southeastern out-shot UCA, 17-15. The Bears had 11 shots on goal to the Lady Lions' seven.
 
   UCA picked up its first win in seven tries in Hammond. Southeastern still leads the overall series, 10-3.
    
QUOTES
Southeastern head coach Chris McBride:
On the team's effort…
   "It was a really good performance. We were playing a team that went undefeated last season and is fighting for the top of the conference this year. We battled well and they scored a really good goal. Hat's off to them. That was a really exciting game of soccer. It was fun to coach. Obviously, we wish we had won in the end but the performance was really good and the fight was really good. I'm proud of the girls for their effort tonight."
 
On UCA's goal…
   "We said before we started the match that if we were going to give them goals, make sure they earn them. Let's not give them anything on a plate. They earned that goal. It was a really good strike. We limited their opportunities and we had some chances ourselves. It was definitely a good performance to build off of and we still have one game left in the season."
 
UP NEXT
   Southeastern closes out the regular season at Nicholls Friday at 3 p.m.