THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Women's Soccer team (12-3-2, 10-1-2 Heartland Conference) dominated for 90 minutes as it earned the top seed in the Heartland Conference tournament with a 3-0 win at St. Mary's (6-9-2, 3-8-2) Thursday.

Katelyn Havard opened the scoring in the 40th minute with a breakaway goal. Delaney Schmidt added a header in the 54th minute with an assist from Abigail Olmos. Less than a minute and a half later, Kaci Parks beat substitute goalkeeper Erin Longford from 20 yards out with a shot to the top corner of the net.

The Patriots outshot the Rattlers 16-4 and kept Hope Koym from needing to make a save until the 59th minute. koym and Grace Johnson each made a save as the Patriots picked up their eighth shutout of the year.


THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - The Patriots guaranteed themselves the top seed in the Heartland Conference tournament with the victory.

 - DBU has won eight of its last 10 games, losing only one.

 - St. Mary's is now winless in its last eight games.


COACH MICHELLE LENARD ON ANOTHER SOLID TEAM EFFORT
"Great team performance from the girls tonight. This team has grown tremendously this season and is playing well at just the right time. Really looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish in the playoffs."


INSIDE THE NUMBERS
3 - Havard and Schmidt each scored their third goal of the game in the 3-0 win.

7  - DBU has outscored St. Mary's 7-0 this season.

12 - The Patriots have outscored opponents 12-0 in the last three games.


UP NEXT
The Patriots head to Texas A&M International to close out the regular season at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Laredo.