OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU women's soccer team wrapped up its final regular season home match on a high note on Monday night as the Evangels ran away with a dominant 5-0 victory against Oklahoma Panhandle State on its Senior Night at the Dill Soccer Field
 
SCORING SUMMARY

• 1^st Half – MACU – 5:19 – Goal: Bruna Faleiro (2), Assist: Gladis Avalos – MACU 1, OPSU 0
• 1^st Half – MACU – 8:41 – Goal: Kadin Stinson (6), Assist: Bruna Faleiro – MACU 2, OPSU 0
• 1^st Half – MACU – 21:25 – Goal: Gladis Avalos (6), Assist: Silvia Cinque – MACU 3, OPSU 0
• 2^nd Half – MACU – 45:37 – Goal: Annika Gerdau (3), Assist: Madison Chavez – MACU 4, OPSU 0
• 2^nd Half – MACU – 71:03 – Goal: Francesca Martella (5), Assist: Gladis Avalos, Cammy Hargrove – MACU 5, OPSU 0

MATCH SUMMARY

• After having a couple of on-target tries in the early going, Mid-America Christian (12-2-1, 5-1-2 SAC) pushed across the winning goal in the sixth minute when Gladis Avalos won a ball away from an OPSU midfielder before breaking away down the left. Lofting a deep shot toward the right side, Aggies goalkeeper Mya Szymanski was unable to corral the one-hopper as Bruna Faleiro punched in the rebounded shot inside the left post to set the score to 1-nil.
• Just three minutes later, the Evangels added to it, this time off another play made by Faleiro. Taking an out-swinging corner from the right side, Faleiro's send into the box found the head of Kadin Stinson on the left side, redirecting the header into the right side of the goal where an OPSU defender was unable to clear it as MACU swelled its lead out to 2-0.
• Less than two minutes later, Faleiro had a great chance to get on the brace when Annika Gerdau broke down the left side and lofted a perfect cross for Faleiro on the right side. However, Szymanski made an incredible save on Faleiro's rocket toward the right side, getting just enough of the shot to push it off the right post before it was cleared out by the Oklahoma Panhandle State (2-12, 0-8 SAC) defense.
• In the 22^nd minute, MACU extended its lead to three when Silvia Cinque retrieved a cleared ball in the midfield before booting a deep send down the left side for the run of Avalos. Dribbling into the left side of the box uncontested, Avalos slipped her shot inside the left post out of the reach of the keeper to make it a 3-0 game.
• The Evangels did have one more great chance to add to their lead in the 39^th minute when Cinque found Alison Mora with a right-side cross into the top of the 18-yard box, however, Mora's attempt pinged off the middle of the crossbar before Stinson's rebound sailed wide right, keeping the MACU edge to 3-nil heading into the halftime break.
• Right out of the gate in the second half, Mid-America Christian capitalized on its first opportunity. After Madison Chavez received a deep send and got past the defense on the right side, her initial shot toward the right post was saved by Szymanski. However, Annika Gerdau was able to run down the open rebound on the left side of the box and punch in a left-footed put-back just past a defender trying to cover, setting the score to 4-nil.
• In the 58^th minute, Francesca Martella had a chance to head in a goal off a Faleiro right-side corner kick, but her attempt toward the left post was cleared off the line by a defender before Chavez had her follow-up header blocked and cleared away as well before Faleiro's new follow-up sailed wide left of goal.
• In the 72^nd minute, Martella made her mark on the scoreboard when Cammy Hargrove took an incredible free kick from the right side on MACU's side of midfield, lofting a deep ball into the middle of the box. Getting to the foot of Avalos, she quickly relayed a pass to Martella, who easily punched her shot through to the right post to cap off the scoring at 5-0.

MATCH NOTES

• Mid-America Christian dominated the possession from beginning to end, outshooting Oklahoma Panhandle State 34-6, which included a 12-1 differential in shots on-goal.
• Mid-America Christian scored its five goals off of a total of six assists.
• Gladis Avalos led MACU's offensive efforts by netting her sixth goal of the season while also notching her first multi-assist match with a pair of dimes, boosting her season point total to 15 off of six goals and three assists.
• Kadin Stinson also moved into a tie for the team-lead in goals with her sixth of the season.
• Bruna Faleiro turned in a three-point effort with her game-winning goal just over five minutes into the match while also tallying her team-leading sixth assist of the season.
• Francesca Martella became the fourth different Evangels player to net at least five goals this season.
• The goal for Annika Gerdau at the start of the second half marked her third of the season while boosting her point total to 12 on the campaign.
• MACU's three other assists in the match came from Madison Chavez, who stayed in a tie for the team-lead with Gerdau and Faleiro as well as Silvia Cinque and Cammy Hargrove, who each tallied their first assists of the season.
• The offensive attack was balanced across the board as Maria Alonso, Faleiro, Gerdau, Martella and Stinson led the efforts with four shots apiece.
• Makayla Farquharson earned her first win in-goal on the season, making a save while earning a combined shutout win with Rachel Torres, who entered in relief after Gerdau's goal to open the second half.
• Mid-America Christian improved to 6-0 all-time against the Aggies while the win helped the Evangels move up into third in the SAC standings with a 5-1-2 (17 points) league mark, sitting just a point back of Oklahoma City (6-1) and two points ahead of Science & Arts and Southwestern Assemblies of God (5-2).

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will wrap-up the regular season with a crucial match against a crosstown rival as the Evangels will head uptown on Saturday to face Oklahoma City for a 5 p.m. kickoff at Brian Harvey Field.