Waxahachie, Texas -- Chelsea Swisher broke through in the 71st minute to snap a scoreless tie and give the Mid-America Christian University Lady Evangels a 1-0 victory over the Southwestern Assemblies of God University Lady Lions to open up the Sooner Athletic Conference season today (Sept. 26) in Waxahachie, Texas. 

Swisher's game-winner came at the 71:50 mark off an assist from Kaci Power. 

The Lady Evangels (8-1, 1-0 SAC) dominated the tempo of the match to the tune of out-shooting the Lady Lions 25-7 overall and 10-7 on-goal.  

Swisher had a match-high nine shots to lead MACU and Cici Mitchell tallied seven shot-attempts. 

Kaitlyn Whitten recorded the shutout victory with seven saves, while Amber Belise stopped nine shots for SAGU. 

The Lady Evangels will next return home and  continue action in the SAC against Wayland Baptist University next Saturday (Oct. 4) at noon.