OKLAHOMA CITY – MACU Women's Soccer takes the road for its penultimate Sooner Athletic Conference match of the regular season, as the Evangels face John Brown in a massive clash of NAIA powerhouses on Saturday evening for a 5 pm kickoff at Alumni Field. The high profile contest is also one of the featured NAIA Games of the Week on the Urban Edge Network.

SEASON REPORT

• Record: 9-3-2 (4-1-2 SAC)
• Last Game: Win vs Oklahoma Panhandle State – 3-1 – Oct. 20, 2025 – Dill Soccer Field
• Stat Leaders:
  • Goals: Brae Baker (9), Gladis Avalos (6), Liv Houlston (5), Maria Scopino (5)
  • Assists: Liv Houlston (5), Brae Baker (3)
  • Points: Brae Baker (21), Liv Houlston (15), Gladis Avalos (13)
  • Shots On Goal: Brae Baker (32), Gladis Avalos (21), Maria Scopino (13)
  • Game-Winning Goals: Gladis Avalos (4), Brae Baker (2)
  • Minutes (Non-GK): Cammy Hargrove (1182), Jasie Eischen (1095), Gladis Avalos (1065)
  • Leading Goalkeeper: Ariana Solorio  
    • 5-2-2 W-L, 1.00 GAA, 38 Saves, .809 SV%, 47 SF
• Team Notes
  • Mid-America Christian have won consecutive conference matches after suffering its first defeat of conference play. The Evangels defeated OPSU at home, scoring three second-half goals to secure all three points.  
  • MACU sits fourth place in Sooner Athletic Conference standings on 14 points with a 4-1-2 record. The Evangels are five points out of first but hold a two-point cushion over fifth place, sitting on the cutline to host a quarterfinal match at the Dill Soccer Field.  
  • Brae Baker enters the contest scoring in consecutive conference games to bring her season total to nine. She leads the SAC with 69 shots, 11 more than second place.
  • Ariana Solorio has been stellar between the posts for the Evangels, with a 5-2-2 record, making 38 saves, on a .809 save percentage, and allowing nine goals against. Solorio's nine goals against and .809 SV% sees her third in conference standings.  

SCOUTING REPORT
No. 10 John Brown (Ark.)

• Record: 9-2-3 (6-0-1 SAC)
• Last Game: Win vs Southwestern Christian – 4-0 – Oct. 21, 2025 – Siloam Springs, Ark.    
• Series vs MACU: JBU leads 17-2-1
• Last Match vs MACU: MACU won 2-0 – Oct. 8, 2024 – Dill Soccer Field
• Series Streak: MACU won 1
• Players to Watch:
  • Julia Lambert – JR - F
    • 11 Goals, 7 Assist, 43 Shots, 21 SOG, 29 Points, 3 GWG, 14 GP, 14 GS, 763 MIN
  • Aubrey Winter – SR – F
    • 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 30 Shots, 17 SOG, 21 Points, 2 GWG, 14 GP, 14 GS, 884 MIN
  • Marely Fonseca – SO – GK
    • 9-1-2 W-L, 5 GA, 0.42 GAA, 28 Saves, .848 SV%, 50 SF
• Team Notes:
  • John Brown leads the Sooner Athletic Conference on 19 points, with a 6-0-1 record. The Golden Eagles recently defeated Southwestern Christian at home in dominate fashion by a score of 4-0.
  • Julia Lambert leads the Golden Eagles in scoring and assists, tallying 11 goals, seven assists, and 29 points which puts her second in conference standings in all statistics. Aubrey Winter joins Lambert with seven assists while scoring seven goals totaling 21 points.
  • The Golden Eagles have recorded seven shutouts behind sophomore goalkeeper Marely Fonseca who has a 9-1-2 record, totaling 28 saves on a .848 save percentage. Fonseca's save percentage sees her second in the conference, and five goals against is the fewest in the SAC.
  • The Evangels and Golden Eagles will be facing off for the 21^st time as JBU holds a comfortable all-time series record at 17-2-1. However, MACU won in the previous meeting 2-0 on Oct. 8, 2024, at the Dill Soccer Field. This marked JBU's only loss of the conference campaign last season, which snapped a 12-game losing streak for the Evangels against the Golden Eagles. Brae Baker and Deborah Silveira both scored second-half goals to finish off the upset.