HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's soccer team fell to the Lamar Cardinals in Strawberry Stadium 1-0.
Southeastern (4-4-1, 2-2-1 SLC) fell in a defensive match to undefeated Lamar (9-0-1, 6-0-0 SLC) at home on Sunday afternoon. Lamar's Christine Kitaru scored the sole goal of the match with an assist from Kaisa Juvonen in the 16
th minute of the match. Throughout the entire match, Lamar controlled the field with 10 shots and five shots on goal compared to Southeastern's three shots and three shots on goal.
Right before halftime, a red card was called on Lamar's top scorer Cariel Ellis after some unsportsmanlike conduct was shown towards
Olivia Griffin two minutes before the first half ended. Ellis was ejected from the match.
Mya Guillory and
Shamoy Campbell led the Lady Lions in shots, each having two.
Olivia Griffin had four saves and only allowed one goal. The Lady Lions are one of only two teams this season to keep Lamar at only one goal all match.
Christine Kitaru led Lamar with one goal with four shots and three shots on goal. Nicole Panis collected three saves.
Southeastern will hit the road for the next Southland conference matchup against UIW (0-6-2, 0-3-2 SLC) Friday Oct. 7
th in San Antonio at 6:30 p.m. The match will be streamed 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.
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