OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mid-America Christian women's soccer team scored a goal in the final seven minutes and had a couple late chances but the Evangels eventually dropped a hard-fought 2-1 decision to Morningside (Iowa) on Saturday afternoon at the Mike & Helen Dill Soccer Field.
 
SCORING SUMMARY

• First Half
  • MSIDE – 16:06 – Goal: Victoria Stausholm (3), Assist: Ebba Torgner – MSIDE 1, MACU 0
• Second Half
  • MSIDE – 76:49 – Goal: Victoria Stausholm (4), Assist: Nathalie Larsson – MSIDE 2, MACU 0
  • MACU – 83:49 – Goal: Jasmine Morales (2), Assists: Paola Camacho, Marga Franco – MSIDE 2, MACU 1

MATCH SUMMARY

• First Half
  • Neither team was able to muster much offense through the first 15 minutes before Morningside broke through when a right side cross trickled over to Ebba Torgner on the left side of the 18-yard box before dishing to an open Victoria Stausholm with Johanna Behrens trying to intercept the cross. Stausholm fired a rocket just out of the reach of Jennifer Starwalt, as it pinged off the left post and re-directed into the back of the net to make it a 1-0 Mustangs lead.
  • The Evangels best chance came in the 38^th minute when Alissa Taylor pressed the goalkeeper on a back pass, forcing MU's Sarah Finn to make an errant pass that was intercepted by Kadin Stinson. However, Stinson's follow-up shot was a low-liner that Finn was able drop on-top of to keep MACU off the board.
• Second Half
  • Mid-America Christian was able to make some strong adjustments to start the second half, mustering four shots through the first 15 minutes with three landing on-goal, but Finn made three saves to hold the Morningside lead.
  • The Mustangs managed to push the lead out to two when Nathalie Larsson was able to find Stausholm breaking down the middle in a one-on-one footrace with the defender. Starwalt tried to come out of the 18-yard box to meet Stausholm at the point of attack, but Stausholm lifted a shot over Starwalt trying to retreat as it bounced in from 30-yards out with just over 13 minutes remaining.
  • The Evangels were finally able to break into the scoring column when Marga Franco's right side cross found Paola Camacho near the top of the box as she heel-passed to Jasmine Morales to her left, firing a shot into the top right corner to cut the deficit to 2-1.
  • The Evangels best chance at the equalizer came with just over a minute left when Stinson's cross was knocked down and Camacho blocked the potential clear. Camacho mustered a shot that deflected off a defender and blocked by the keeper. The Evangels maintained the possession the Morningside defensive third during the entire final minute but could not put another potential game-tying shot on-goal.

MATCH NOTES

• Despite suffering the 2-1 loss, Mid-America Christian outshot Morningside by a 13-10 margin and held a 7-4 edge in shots on-goal.
• Jasmine Morales netted her second goal of the season while Marga Franco notched her second assist of the year on that play. For Paola Camacho, it was also her first assist of the 2021 fall campaign.
• Kadin Stinson led MACU in the attack with four shots and two shots on-goal.
• The Evangels wrapped up non-conference play with a 3-3 record.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will open Sooner Athletic Conference play at Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Sept. 28 as the Evangels will face the Stars for a 5 p.m. kickoff.