Oct. 31, 2008

10.31.08 - Oklahoma City, Okla.- The Mid-America Christian University women's soccer team dropped a conference match to Oklahoma Christian University 4-2 on Friday afternoon at Evangel Field.

The loss gives the Lady Evangels an overall record of 5-12 and a conference record of 1-9. With the win the Lady Eagles move to 8-7-1 overall with a 4-4 record in the conference.

The Lady Eagles started their scoring right out of the gate when OC midfielder Heather Spencer ran onto a ball cleared out of the Lady Eagle defense, getting past the MACU defense and finding the back of the net in the first 30 seconds of play.

The Lady Eagles scored their second goal in the 38th minute when OC Freshman midfielder Emily Spirek netted a goal off a deflection from a MACU defender.The Lady Evangels trailed 2-0 going into halftime.

The Lady Evangels were able to regain composer as they started the second half. Lindsey Neher of MACU got the team on the board in the 51st minute off a deflection from the OC goalkeeper.

OC answered in the 72nd minute when Stephanie Duncan headed a ball past MACU goalkeeper Raven Benson.

Lindsey Neher scored her second goal of the afternoon off a cross from freshman Nicole Farquhar. But the goal was not enough to stop OC. The Lady Eagles put one more goal in the back of the net in the 86th minute leaving the final score 4-2.