Senior Sara Frey made her last regular season home match a memorable one with two goals and an assist, including the game's insurance goal, as the No. 19 John Brown University women's soccer team completed its fourth 8-0 win of the season, this time over Southwestern Christian (Okla.) on Saturday afternoon at Alumni Field.
The Golden Eagles (15-2-0, 9-0-0 Sooner Athletic) put the match out of reach quickly, scoring a trio of goals in the first seven minutes of the match. Junior Anna Brown capitalized first when she finished off a pretty passing play from senior Hannah Poor and junior Jastin Redman on the right side of the box just 73 seconds into the match for her seventh of the season and first game-winner.
Frey's first of the afternoon came just over two minutes later when she stole the ball in the midfield and rifled a 22-yard blast to the upper left corner past SCU keeper Ashlynn Haylett, who had no chance on the play. Frey added her second of the match in the 57th minute in similar fashion, causing a turnover and ripping a blast, this time to the upper right corner. Both tallies were unassisted.
Freshman Paige Kula finished the match-opening scoring blitz for the Golden Eagles in the 7th minute. Her 23-yard blast from the left wing again picked the top left corner off a feed from Poor deep in Southwestern Christian territory for Kula's third of 2017.
In the 20th minute, Poor capped off her four-point outing by deflecting a Frey shot into an empty goal after Redman rang the left post.
Sophomore Kristen Howell came through with her first two goals of the season, one coming in each half. In the 31st minute, junior Annika Pollard's pass through the middle sprung Howell on a breakaway, which she didn't waste. A shot to the bottom left corner as Haylett came out to challenge gave the hosts a 5-0 lead.
With less than 12 minutes to go in the match, Howell took a penalty kick attempt which Haylett saved, but Howell pounded on the rebound, out-waited Haylett who bit on a fake, and dropped in a shot from four yards out, extending the JBU lead to 8-0.
Junior Aspen Carpenter scored the seventh goal of the game in the 73rd minute, marking her 10th of the season.
Freshmen Maggie Allen and Caitlyn Logan split time in goal for John Brown. Allen made a nice save on a Southwestern Christian (4-13-0, 1-9-0) free kick in the first half while Logan wasn't called upon to make a save in the second half. It was the duo's seventh shared shutout of the season while Allen upped her record to 9-0-0 on the season.
JBU returned to action on Tuesday at Science and Arts (Okla.) with the Sooner Athletic Conference championship on the line. Results were not available at presstime. The Golden Eagles will host a Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament match on Friday against an opponent to be determined.
Sports on 11/01/2017