Plainview, Texas -- Kassie Byrd scored two goals to pace the No. 7-ranked (NCCAA) Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels to a 4-0 win over the Wayland Baptist Pioneers in a Sooner Athletic Conference matchup Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 19) in Plainview, Texas.
It was Julia Nimal that got the Lady Evangels on the board by scoring off a deflection for what at the time was her team-leading 13th goal of the season in the 31st minute of action.
Defender Rachel Scott then continued her solid all-around season by punching in a free kick for her third goal of the year just 1:45 into the second half for a 2-0 lead.
Byrd later took over with two goals less than two minutes apart for her team-high 13th and 14th goals of the season.
Byrd's first score was off a deflection on a corner kick at the 85:53 mark.
Her second score occured on a breakaway down the right side in the 87th minute.
Despite being shut out, the Pioneers had plenty of chances to crack the scoreboard, only being out-shot by the Lady Evangels by a 15-13 count overall and 8-7 on-goal.
Byrd had a match-high six shots for the Lady Evangels (13-1, 6-1 SAC), while Roxanne Paslay and Najuka Anderson each led the Pioneers (2-11, 0-7 SAC) with three shots.
Melissa Dobie did a good job of keeping the Pioneers off the board with seven saves for the Lady Evangels.
Samantha Garcia stopped four shots for the Pioneers.
The Lady Evangels will now gear up for a road test at John Brown on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 23) at 1 p.m. in Siloam Springs, Ark. JBU is currently 8-3-1 overall and 4-2 in the SAC.
