THE RUNDOWN
The Dallas Baptist Women's Soccer Team survived a showdown in Denton, Texas, knocking off Texas Woman's University 1-0 on Saturday night. DBU (6-3-1) finishes its non-conference portion of the schedule 6-2-1 and has won four contests in a row on the road.
 
It was a back and forth opening half for both squads, with neither getting many scoring chances. Junior Emilie MacDonald punched her team-tying best fourth goal of the season into the net in the early stages of the affair, and would be enough to be the difference.
 
The offense for both sides increased in the later portion of the first frame, as the Patriots held a narrow 8-7 shooting edge. They also boasted a 5-2 shot on goal advantage, and were ahead 1-0 at halftime.
 
In the second stanza, DBU and the Pioneers had a couple scoring chances, but limited each other to five shots apiece. Things held up for the Patriots, as they won their fourth 1-0 decision this year.
 
Pacing the team in shots was junior Ashley Cox with six total, and two on goal. The Midlothian, Texas, native, was the lone player to put multiple shots on the target. Fellow classmate Lindsey Eccles also had a multi-shot affair with two and one on goal.
 
Redshirt junior Dixie Kurrus, junior Jolee Patterson, freshman Leah Draper, and MacDonald all went one-for-one displaying a percent Shot on goal percentage.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
MacDonald's third game-winner of the campaign occurred at the 14:32 mark with the native of Cedar Hill, Texas, completing a shot to the lower-right corner of the net.
 
Ashley Cox, who MacDonald shot matched with for the team lead in goals, tallied the assist on the scoring sequence.
 
Out of the break, the first ten minutes didn't feature any chances for either team. Each saw a decrease in shooting this half, with the Patriots applying pressure first before not taking another shot beyond the 70:23 minute mark.
 
Senior Kerry Edwards (6-3-1) had a major part in the triumph, pitching her sixth shutout of the campaign. The native of McKinney, Texas, had four critical saves, and also guided a Patriot defense that prevented TWU from finding the back of the net despite a late push in the match.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
13 – Shots by DBU in the match
6 – Corner kicks by the Patriots
7 – DBU shot attempts placed on target
1 – Goals allowed in last five matches by DBU
 
TOP QUOTE
 "Tonight was a great team effort. We played well defenisviely not giving away any open chances and we created a lot of opportunities going forward, one leading to a very good goal from Emilie. I am happy with where we are at this point of the season and our goal right now is to be consistent and continue to get better each day." - Women's Soccer Head Coach Michelle Lenard

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Dallas Baptist continues a season-long, seven game road trip with Heartland Conference action resuming on Monday at Oklahoma Christian University. Kickoff is slated for 12 PM.