WAXAHACHIE, Texas -- Six different players scored and the John Brown University women's soccer team out-shot the hosts, Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) 22-13 en route to a 6-1 drubbing on Thursday afternoon at Lions Field.
Juniors Jastin Redman and Anna Brown paced the Golden Eagles (7-2-0, 1-0-0 Sooner Athletic Conference) with a goal and an assist, while 10 other players recorded at least a point. JBU enjoyed three goals from the reserves while Redman's tally in the 14th minute stood as the game winner, her first of the season.
"It's fun to see so many players playing a part and contributing to what we are doing," said head coach Kathleen Paulsen. "I think we still have a lot of work to do on the soccer side of things, but I think we made progress. We're looking for a good matchup on Saturday."
Freshman Maggie Allen made her first-career start and nabbed her first collegiate victory in the process, making four saves in the first half. Freshman counterpart Caitlyn Logan filled in for the final 45 minutes, making five saves, but allowed Nadine Jaimes' 11th goal of the season in the 88th minute, spoiling the clean-sheet attempt.
SAGU keeper Sarah Palmer was left to make 10 saves on 16 shots on goal, as she suffered the loss, dropping to 4-5-0 this season. The Lions (4-5-0) suffered its largest setback of the season so far.
Senior Hannah Poor potted her third goal of the season in the 26th minute off a pretty pass from sophomore Sarah Hughes while sophomore Katherine Haar scored in her third consecutive outing by heading in a Paige Kula corner kick offering with 19 minutes left in the first half.
Junior Aspen Carpenter popped in her fifth of the season in the second half at the 51st minute mark from sophomore Kristen Howell while freshman Sienna Nealon continued her impressive freshman campaign with her fourth of the season in the 80th minute. Nealon ripped an 18-yard strike to the far left post off a slick feed from sophomore Hannah Sweaney up the right flank.
JBU returned to action on Saturday at Texas Wesleyan. Results were not available at presstime. The Golden Eagles host Wayland Baptist (Texas) at 5 p.m. Thursday at Alumni Field.
Sports on 10/01/2017