Plainview, Texas -- The Wayland Baptist University Flying Queens scored three unanswered goals to defeat the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels 3-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference opener Friday evening (Sept. 27) in Plainview, Texas.

After Chelsea Swisher got the Lady Evangels off to a good start with a score in the 15th minute, Emarie Holland scored the first of her two goals in the 39th minute and then gave WBU the lead for good with a score at the 79:36 mark.

Holland then helped the Flying Queens put it away by assisting on a score from Kendall Fraley just three minutes later.

Annysa Plata assisted on each of Holland's two goals for WBU (6-3, 1-0 SAC).

Kenady Maynard and Kaitlyn Whitten each made three saves in the net for the Lady Evangels (5-2, 0-1 SAC).

The Lady Evangels will next be in action on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 1) at Northwood University at 1 p.m. in Cedar Hills, Texas.