BETHANY, Okla. — The Southern Nazarene University Women's Soccer team battled slick fields Thursday evening as they fell 4-1 to Ouachita Baptist in their Great American Conference opening match.
Storms moved across the Bethany area prior to the match, making it a tough terrain for both teams that night. Ouachita (5-1-1, 2-0 GAC) posed a dominant offensive present outshooting the Storm (1-6, 0-1 GAC) 25-17 with 11 of their shots on target to SNU's four. Despite the loss, the Storm gave a great defensive effort tallying a total of 7 saves on the night compared to the Tigers three.
Ouachita was the first to punch one in halfway through the first period starting the match off at 1-0. The Tigers would find the back of the net one more time before the half extending the lead to 2-0. SNU was unable to find a rhythm the rest of the period, giving Ouachita the upper hand for the remainder of the game.
The score read 2-0 60 minutes into the second as play was stagnant on both ends. Ouachita found a gap just past the 61st minute extending their lead to 3-0 with 30 left to play. The Storm remained scoreless up until Alejandra Andrade fires one to the back giving SNU their first goal of the evening. Shots were exchanged between both teams until one for Ouachita was a success as it extended their lead to 4-1 and they closed out SNU's conference opener in road-victory fashion.
Alejandra Andrade served as the spark for the Storm tallying four shots and responsible for SNU's single goal that match. Karla Ramirez stepped up big for SNU tallying five shots with two on goal on the night. Ashlee Ray also added some positive minutes with one shot and one shot on goal for the Storm.
In goal, Eliya Alvidrez presented a great defensive presence tallying six total saves that match.
The Storm are back in action Saturday where they will host Harding at 11 a.m. to continue GAC competition.
