HOUSTON, Texas – Jamie Raines scored off an assist from Jada Ellis in the 14^th minute as the Southeastern Louisiana women's soccer team defeated Houston Baptist University Friday night at Sorrels Field.
 
The Lady Lions (2-8-1, 1-3-0 Southland) scored when Raines headed one into the back of the net, set up beautifully by Ellis, for her first goal of the season.  
 
Ellis, a junior from Toronto, Canada, got a free kick near midfield and lofted it perfectly less than 10 feet in front of the HBU net. Raines, a sophomore from Covington, Louisiana, darted it in and took the kick off a bounce and headed it in.
 
"Jamie attacked the ball as she has all year," said third-year SLU soccer head coach Chris McBride. "It was a great delivery from Jada but both of them really did a good job of doing exactly what we wanted and executing beautifully."
 
SLU outshot the Huskies, 5-2, in the first period and didn't allow a shot on goal or corner kick in the first 45 minutes.
 
In the second period, the Lady Lions continued to attack getting two free kicks from 30 yard out but came up empty.
 
HBU's best chance came in the 61^st minute when Ryan Ford launched a shot from 20 yards out. The ball was ticketed for the top left corner of the net but SLU goalkeeper Nadine Maher made a spectacular save leaping high to her right to deflect the shot away.
 
"It was a great performance for us," said McBride. "The early goal really helped us set a good pace. HBU really did a good job of attacking and sending runners and we had to make sure we were paying attention at all times. I thought we defended well all night and the play by Nadine was huge. But overall it was just a complete team effort and good performance and I'm proud as can be of our girls tonight."
 
Maher, the Dublin, Ireland native, finished the match with three saves giving her 53 for the season.
 
Megan Gordon led SLU with two shots and one on goal. Claire Huston and Mia Guillory each attempted a shot as well.
 
Next up, SLU will make the 200-mile drive to Corpus Christi, Texas Saturday morning in preparation for Sunday's match at 1 p.m. against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (5-5-1, 2-1-1 Southland). The Islanders are coming off a 2-0 win over Nicholls (3-7-1, 0-4-0 Southland) Friday at home.
 
Fans can follow Sunday's match by going to the Southeastern soccer schedule page at LionSports.Net. Twitter updates will also be available @LionUpSoccer throughout both matches.
 
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