THE RUNDOWNThe Dallas Baptist Women's Soccer Team battled rough field conditions on a damp, windy Monday afternoon at Oklahoma Christian University. Despite the less the ideal circumstances, DBU's (7-3-1, 1-1) solid play shined through in a 2-0 victory for its first Heartland Conference win.
Monday's shutout also marks the third in a row, matching the Patriots' current winning streak, setting a season-long. DBU also has triumphed in seven matches overall, which is the same total of shutouts on the campaign.
It has been a complete team effort, and even with gusty winds on a wet field surface, the road team's defense maintained a determined presence in keeping the ball out of the net. This streak of holding opponents scoreless increased to 250:54 minutes.
The contest was shortened due to the weather situation.
HIGHLIGHTS Providing the offense for the Patriots was junior
Jolee Patterson, lifting her season total to three with a pair of netters in the game. The native of Royse City, Texas, broke a scoreless affair at the 31:09 mark in the first half.
Out of the break still in front 1-0, the forward doubled DBU's advantage with a put in rebound off the previous shot from classmate
Ashley Cox in the 53
rd minute.
Junior
Emilie MacDonald, extended her streak with points in a match, by tallying an assist on the first score by Patterson.
A little over 17 minutes later, the officials called the game, and the Patriots secured its third straight win.
Leading the shooting total was junior
Lindsey Eccles with five. She also produced a .800 shot on goal percentage.
Ashley Cox and Patterson also rattled off multi-shot games with three apiece. The heroics of Patterson came from two of her shots that hit the target.
As a team, DBU outshot the Eagles 15-9.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS6 – Saves by senior
Kerry Edwards (all in first half)
70:54 – Length of match
5 – Corner picks by each squad
9 – Shots by DBU in second frame (total OCU attempted entire contest)
TOP QUOTES "We played in undesirable conditions today, but I am happy with how we handled it. The first half we were defending against about a 25mph wind and driving rain, but we found a way to defend well and only allow long distance shots as well as work our way into that wind to create good chances of our own. This team is showing consistency that we can play at a high level week after week regardless of the circumstances." – Head Coach
Michelle Lenard UP NEXTDallas Baptist looks to improve on its recent streak of nice play with a conference match-up on Saturday, October 12. The contest is versus Texas A&M International University at 5 PM.
