OKLAHOMA CITY – On a cool, blustery evening at the Dill Soccer Field on Tuesday night, the Baker sisters connected on the game-winning goal once again as Brae Baker booted in the winning shot in the 79^th minute to propel MACU Women's Soccer to a 1-0 victory over Oklahoma City.
 
SCORING SUMMARY

• 2^nd Half – MACU – 78:34 – Goal: Brae Baker (9), Assist: Asley Baker – MACU 1, OCU 0

MATCH SUMMARY

• First Half
  • Both teams struggled to find quality chances in the opening half as Mid-America Christian (9-2-2, 4-1 SAC) had the first high quality chance in the ninth minute when a failed clearance found the foot of a wide-open Francesca Martella in the midfield. She immediately lasered a 25-yard strike that pinged off the bottom of the crossbar before being safely cleared away.
  • Oklahoma City (7-4-1, 3-1-1 SAC) only had one on-target shot in the entire opening half as it came in the 18^th minute when Abby Russell took a long distance shot from the left side that bounced in for an easy save for MACU goalkeeper Rachel Torres to keep it a scoreless game.
  • Neither team was able to put together any major threats over the rest of the half as both teams went into the break with a 0-0 draw.
• Second Half
  • OCU's only on-target shot in the second stanza came in the 61^st minute off the foot of Aynslee Duffy, but the shot never really threatened Torres as she made the easy save.
  • A minute later, Asley Baker nearly put one through from 40-yards out as she lofted the line drive deep shot just barely over the crossbar.
  • In the 79^th minute, the Evangels finally broke through when Asley Baker's throw-in found the foot of her sister Brae Baker on the box out and lofted a 28-yard strike from the left side to the top right corner to make it a 1-0 game.
  • Neither team mustered much of a threat the rest of the way as MACU sealed the victory.

MATCH NOTES

• Mid-America Christian dominated a bulk load of the possession, outshooting Oklahoma City 17-9 with an 8-2 differential in shots on-goal.
• The goal netted by Brae Baker extended her team scoring lead to nine goals and 23 total points while the assist for Asley Baker was her third of the year, moving her point total to seven on the season.
• Rachel Torres notched her 11^th career shutout with a pair of saves while her 23^rd career win allowed her to surpass Kaitlyn Whitten (2013-15) for third on MACU's all-time goalie wins list.
• The victory allowed the Evangels to surpass Oklahoma City for first in the SAC standings now with 12 conference points, sitting in a three-way split at the top with John Brown and Science & Arts.
• The result marked the second-straight year that MACU and OCU played to a 1-0 result while the Evangels are now 6-0-1 in the series since the 2019 campaign.

UP NEXT

• Mid-America Christian will be back on the road on Saturday as the Evangels head to Fort Worth, Texas for a 1 p.m. kickoff against Texas Wesleyan at Martin Field.