HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's soccer team battled to a 1-1 tie with the University of Incarnate Word Friday night at Strawberry Stadium.
 
The Lady Lions (5-7-3, 3-4-3 Southland) fell behind early in the match as UIW's
Inara Lopes De Andrade scored her first goal of the season on an assist from Andrea Reyes in the 22^nd minute.
 
Southeastern quickly tied the match as Mya Guillory scored her fourth goal of the season off a great lead from Makenzie Maher.
 
The two teams battled step-for-step for much of the match from that point as neither was giving ground. The scoring opportunities were minimal for both the Lady Lions and UIW (4-10-2, 4-5-1 Southland) as each team finished with seven shots for the match.
 
The best chance to take the lead for either team came in double overtime. UIW's Isabella Beletic took a got a great shot off from 10 yards in front of the SLU net that sailed just high of the net as the match ended in a 1-1 tie.
 
"It was a competitive game," said SLU head coach Chris McBride. "Incarnate Word is disciplined and organized and it was tough to break them down. I thought we did a good job though of trying to limit their chances as well. But overall a very tough and competitive 110-minute battle."
 
Next up, the Lady Lions will take on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6-9-1, 4-5-1 Southland) Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
 
Sunday's match will be streamed via ESPN+ with links to the match available at the Southeastern soccer schedule page located at LionSports.Net.
 
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