CHICKASHA, Okla. – The Mid-America Christian women's soccer team was not only able to avenge a non-conference loss to Science & Arts in the fall, but the Evangels also got their first win over the Drovers since 2010 as MACU picked up a 2-0 victory at McLaughlin Field on Saturday night.
 
SCORE

• Mid-America Christian 2, Science & Arts 0
  • Mid-America Christian (11-1, 5-0 SAC)
  • Science & Arts (7-4, 1-3 SAC)

SCORING SUMMARY

• 1^st Half
  • MACU – 10:59 – Goal: Kelsey Henry (11) – MACU 1, USAO 0
  • MACU – 25:17 – Goal: Paola Camacho (3), Assist: Marga Franco – MACU 2, USAO 0

 MATCH SUMMARY

• Mid-America Christian took advantage of an early opportunity when Kelsey Henry tracked down a ball headed away by a Drovers defender and fired a 20-yard shot from the left side into the top right corner of the goal to make it a 1-nil MACU advantage.
• The Evangels added to it in the 26^th minute when Paola Camacho was able to field a cleared ball near midfield before dishing it to Marga Franco, who passed it back to Camacho breaking down the middle. Camacho launched a long 35-yard shot that bounced off the bottom of the crossbar and broke the plane of the goal to extend the MACU advantage to 2-0.
• The MACU defense didn't allow the Drovers to take a single shot on-goal through the entire half as the Evangels took a comfortable 2-0 lead into the half.
• USAO had a couple of opportunities to try and get back in the second half, but MACU starting goalkeeper Jennifer Starwalt came up with a pair of big saves in the 56^th and 77^th minutes to maintain the shutout.

MATCH NOTES

• Mid-America Christian outshot Science & Arts 6-2 in the first half, but the Drovers managed to get more attempts in the second half with five shots to just two for the Evangels. For the match, MACU held a slim 8-7 edge in shots, but were more effective in its attempts, placing five on-goal to just two for USAO.
• Kelsey Henry moved into second on the team in goal scoring with 11 scores on the season while notching her second game-winner of the year.
• The score from Paola Camacho was her third of the season while Marga Franco's assist moved her alone for the team lead with seven on the campaign.
• Jennifer Starwalt picked up her 41st career win while also finishing with her 23rd career shutout, putting her just one behind Melissa Dobie for the program's all-time lead for clean sheets.
• For the Evangels, it was just their second win ever against Science & Arts with MACU's last win coming in a 3-2 affair at Evangel Field on Oct. 5, 2010.
• It was also MACU's first win at USAO after going 0-9 in its previous trips Chickasha, Okla.
• Mid-America Christian avenged an earlier 3-2 non-conference loss to the Drovers at Evangel Field back on Oct. 23, currently MACU's only loss in the 2020-21 campaign.
• With the victory, Mid-America Christian also stayed toe-to-toe with No. 16 John Brown for the Sooner Athletic Conference lead with each team holding a 5-0 record in league play.

NEXT UP

• Mid-America Christian will return home to Evangel Field on Tuesday, Mar. 16 for 5 p.m. kickoff against Oklahoma City.