HAMMOND, La. – Sophomore forward Amber Marinero scored off a pass from freshman midfielder Megan Gordon in the fourth minute and freshman goalkeeper Michaela Hawthorn and the Southeastern Louisiana defense made it stand up as the Lady Lions took a 1-0 non-conference win over Southern University Sunday night in Strawberry Stadium.

    Hawthorn recorded eight saves for her second shutout of the season. Southeastern (2-3) also extended its streak of not allowing a goal from the field to 221 minutes. The only goals the Lady Lions have allowed in that span have been on penalty kicks.

    Marinero scored her first goal of the season while Gordon had her first career assist as Southeastern (2-3) snapped a three-match losing streak.

    Kendra Lewis made nine saves for Southern (0-3). Sophia Zavala put up four shots, three on goal. Akosua Allen took three shots, all on goal.

    Southeastern scored the lone goal when Marinero took a pass from Gordon in front of the net and beat Nickesha Williamson to the right side.
 
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
      Junior midfielder Maggie Ramsey sent a shot high in the 14^th minute. Ramsey then had a shot deflected over the net by Lewis in the 25^th minute.
 
    A foul negated a goal by senior midfielder Elizabeth Hunter in the 25^th minute.
 
    Hawthorn denied an attempt by Allen in the 29^th minute. The Lady Lions then defended a shot by Chloe Sims in the 36^th minute.
 
    Junior midfielder Vanessa Arzaluz just missed wide on a shot in the 41^st minute after taking a pass from freshman forward Jessi Cooper.
 
    Hawthorn made six saves in the second half, starting with a pair of shots by Zavala and Ayana Williams in the opening 10 minutes of the half. She recorded three more in a flurry of shots by Zavala and Allen from the 77^th through 79^th minutes.
 
    Ramsey just missed wide left in the 83^rd minute.
 
    Lewis snared a header by junior defender Christina Cutura in the 84^th minute.
 
  NOTES
  Southeastern moved to 10-0 all-time against Southern, 8-0 in Hammond. The Lady Lions have shut out the Lady Jaguars in nine of those matches.
 
  Southeastern took two of three from SWAC schools in 2017, defeating Jackson State and Southern while losing at Alabama State.
 
  Sunday's win was the Lady Lions' first by a 1-0 score since Oct. 2, 2016 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
 
  Marinero scored the third goal of her career and the first since Houston Baptist in the Southland Conference Tournament first round match on Nov. 2, 2016.
 
QUOTES
Southeastern head coach Chris McBride:
  "It was a battle again. Playing a game on Friday and again on Sunday is tough, especially with this being the second time we've played a team on Sunday who didn't play on Friday. They had a week off and we didn't so the game was all about grit and determination and we did that. They put some pressure on us in the second half. They had shots but most of the shots were from distance and nothing really troubled the keeper at all. It was a good performance and we grinded out a win. We're happy to finish the weekend with a win."
 
On the defensive effort:
  "We're taking away key forward passes from them and making them shoot from distance where we can handle them pretty easily. Defensively, we're doing pretty good front to back. The whole team is defending pretty well right now."
 
UP NEXT
  Southeastern travels to Mobile, Ala. on Thursday to play South Alabama at 7 p.m. The Lady Lions close out their non-conference schedule at home against ULM next Sunday at 5 p.m.