HAMMOND, La- The Southeastern Louisiana University women's soccer team returned to the win column with a 2-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Southland Conference action Friday night at Strawberry Stadium.
After starting the conference season with a pair of victories, SLU (5-4-3, 3-2-3 SLC) had endured a five-match winless stretch that saw the Lady Lions go 0-2-3 before breaking the trend Friday. The visiting Islanders fell to 7-5-1 overall and 4-3-1 in league play.
Sara Bancevic scored the game-winner for Southeastern, while both
Victoria Brackmann and
Emma Jones were credited with assists for SLU. Lady Lion goalkeeper
Olivia Griffin tallied six saves to earn the win.
Southeastern used good fortune to take the lead in the ninth minute.
Mya Guillory played a ball on frame that Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Jayden Rea looked poised to clear. However, the ball deflected off Rea's head and straight into the net past Islander goalkeeper Zoe Theriot.
The Lady Lions doubled their advantage in the 25
th minute off a set piece. Brackmann settled Jones' free kick, played a cross out of the reach of Theriot and Bancevic was there to put in the point blank shot for her second score of the season and a 2-0 SLU cushion.
The Islanders cut the lead in half with just over four minutes remaining in the opening half. Griffin turned away a shot from Natalie Gonzalez, but Mai-Lisa Atis was right there to put in the rebound to cut the halftime deficit to 2-1.
Griffin made the lead standup, finishing with three saves in the second half. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi managed six shots in the final 45 minutes, but it was unable to draw even as Southeastern secured its first win since a 3-0 win over Nicholls Sept. 16.
SLU will close out the home weekend Sunday, hosting HCU for a 1 p.m. match. The SLC contest will be televised on ESPN+.
SCORE ONE MORE CLUB/S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the women's soccer program are encouraged to join the Score One More Club. Lion alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners. All membership fees and donations to Score One More Club are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern soccer program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at
laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting
www.LionUp.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Southeastern Soccer, follow @LionUpSoccer and @Nathan90G on Twitter, like /SLUathletics on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.
