OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mid-America Christian women's soccer team was able to get back on the winning track on Saturday night at the Mike and Helen Dill Soccer Field as the Evangels put up a tremendous offensive performance in a 5-0 victory over Central Christian.
SCORING SUMMARY
- 1st Half – 13:11 – MACU – Goal: Jasmine Morales (1), Assists: Bruna Faleiro, Annika Gerdau – MACU 1, CCCK 0
- 1st Half – 30:09 – MACU – Goal: Kadin Stinson (2), Assist: Jasmine Morales – MACU 2, CCCK 0
- 2nd Half – 48:30 – MACU – Goal: Kealy Juarez (1) – MACU 3, CCCK 0
- 2nd Half – 51:48 – MACU – Goal: Kanasa Spybuck (2), Assists: Kealy Juarez, Annika Gerdau – MACU 4, CCCK 0
- 2nd Half – 55:16 – MACU – Goal: Cammy Hargrove (1) – MACU 5, CCCK 0
MATCH SUMMARY
- Mid-America Christian was aggressive in the attack right out of the gate as Francesca Martella and Jasmine Morales put a pair of shots on-goal in the third and eighth minutes.
- Morales found the back of the net just five minutes later in the 14th minute. Following Jasie Eischen's shot getting blocked out of bounds, Annika Gerdau's short corner from the right side found the foot of Bruna Faleiro as she put a phenomenal cross into the middle of the box. Morales got a leg up and re-directed the ball on the bounce into the left side of the net, bringing the score to 1-nil.
- The Evangels continued to put up an offensive barrage following the go-ahead goal as MACU attempted seven more shots, two of which came on-goal for Eischen and Cammy Hargrove while Daniela Paez had a shot ping off the front of the crossbar in the 19th minute. Mid-America Christian also performed three corner kicks during that stretch, but the Tigers were still able to hold MACU to a one-goal edge.
- Just after the 30-minute mark, Kadin Stinson became MACU's first multi-goal scorer of the season after Morales picked the pocket of the Tigers defender in the middle of the 18-yard box and slipped a pass to a wide open Stinson, slipping the shot past the sliding keeper toward the left post to bring the lead to 2-0 going into half.
- While Central Christian was able to limit MACU to only two goals in the first half, the Evangels came out in the second half blistering hot by netting three goals in a 10:16 stretch.
- At the 48:30 mark, Kealy Juarez netted her first collegiate career goal after she was able to claim a mishandled cross by a Tigers defender inside the penalty box, dribble around another defender and fire an 8-yard shot inside the left post before the keeper could react to extend the edge to 3-nil.
- Just three minutes later, the team captain Kanasa Spybuck got involved in the scoring. In the 52nd minute, when Juarez and Gerdau played a give and go down the left side of the 18-yard box. Juarez immediately crossed it to a wide open Spybuck on the right side, who lifted a six-yarder from right of post over the outreached arms of the keeper to make it a 4-0 game.
- The Evangels capped off the scoring in the 56th minute when Juarez got taken down inside the 18-yard box by a defender trying to stop the cross, setting up a penalty kick shot for Cammy Hargrove. The freshman center back rifled the attempt inside the left post out of the reach of the diving keeper, wrapping up the 5-nil score.
MATCH NOTES
- Mid-America Christian put together an offensive clinic, taking a season-high 38 shots while holding Central Christian to only two on-target attempts the entire match. MACU held a 23-2 edge in shot attempts after the completion of the first 45 before while claiming a 15-0 shooting margin in the second half.
- The five goals scored by MACU was the most the Evangels had ever scored against Central Christian. The Evangels improved to 9-4 against the Tigers and have won seven straight in the series since the 2006 season while MACU's previous goal-scoring high came in a 4-1 victory at the Dill Soccer Field on Apr. 1, 2021.
- With Cammy Hargrove, Kealy Juarez and Jasmine Morales each scoring their first goals of the season, 10 different Evangels have netted goals for MACU in the 2022 campaign.
- Kanasa Spybuck and Kadin Stinson share the team-lead for goals scored with two apiece after each player netted a score for the Evangels.
- Annika Gerdau's two assists moved her into a tie for the team-lead while the assists for Bruna Faleiro, Morales and Juarez were their first dimes of the season.
- Juarez and Morales are the first two MACU players this season to record three or more points in a game with a goal and an assist apiece.
- Makayla Farquharson improved to 2-5-1 in-net and earned a combined shutout with Rachel Torres after tallying a pair of saves in 59:40 minutes of action.
- With the win, Mid-America Christian improved to 2-7-1 overall and 1-0-1 in Sooner Athletic Conference play while the Tigers fell to 4-5 overall and 0-2 in league play.
UP NEXT
- Mid-America Christian will hit the road for their first SAC road match of the season on Tuesday as the Evangels will travel to Waxahachie, Texas to take on Southwestern Assemblies of God. Kickoff is slated for 5:30 p.m. at Waxahachie High School.
