OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mid-America Christian women's soccer team saw its season come to a tough end in the Sooner Athletic Conference Quarterfinal at the Dill Soccer Field on Thursday afternoon as the Evangels dropped a 1-0 overtime decision to Wayland Baptist.
SCORING SUMMARY
- 1st OT – WBU – 98:06 – Goal: Natalie Terry (1) – WBU 1, MACU 0
MATCH SUMMARY
- Mid-America Christian held the early offensive momentum as the Evangels were able to put the first shot on-goal in the sixth minute from distance off the foot of Jasie Eischen from the right side, but the ball went directly to WBU keeper Kanade Morita for the save.
- The Evangels best chance at the go-ahead goal in the match came in the 30th minute when Francesca Martella placed a header toward the top left corner off the right side corner kick from Annika Gerdau, but Morita made a stellar leaping save to poke the shot off the crossbar to keep it to a scoreless game.
- The Pioneers were unable to put a shot on-goal until the 35th minute, but Natalie Terry's shot from 30 yards out from the left side bounced in to Makayla Farquharson near the left post.
- Both teams struggled to put shots on-frame in the second half, but Wayland Baptist put together an offensive onslaught with just under five minutes to go. After Farquharson made a stellar diving save on Tobi McCoy's shot attempt from 16-yards on the right side in the 86th minute, she made another save off a volley shot toward the right post from Bruna Moureira 30 seconds later.
- In the first overtime period, Mid-America Christian had the best first chance when Jasmine Morales launched a 30-yard shot toward the right post, but Morita made a strong leaping snag to keep it in-front.
- Wayland Baptist scored the game-winner in the 99th minute when the Pioneers forced a MACU turnover in its defensive third. Cammy Hargrove made a sliding tackle on Abryshia Walker to knock the ball away, but the loose ball ended up at the foot of Terry, who launched a precision 35-yard floater toward the top left corner to make it a 1-0 WBU lead.
- Mid-America Christian's only chance to tie came in the 102nd minute of the second overtime when Hargrove hit a volley shot toward the right post off the back pass from Morales off a Martella free kick, but Morita made the stop to seal the 1-0 win for Wayland Baptist.
MATCH NOTES
- Despite suffering the loss, Mid-America Christian held a 17-11 shot advantage over Wayland Baptist, but both teams placed six shots on-target.
- Francesca Martella led the MACU offensive efforts with five shots, putting three on-goal while Jasie Eischen also tallied five shots with just one finding the frame.
- Makayla Farquharson recorded five saves for an .833 save percentage, but ultimately fell to 6-8-2 in her last match of the season.
- The SAC Quarterfinal loss was MACU's first since suffering a 4-1 defeat at Oklahoma City on Nov. 2, 2018.
- The defeat ended MACU's season with a 6-10-2 record while Wayland Baptist advanced to the SAC semifinal by improving to 5-7-4.
