Senior Jastin Redman blasted her sixth goal of the season late in the contest, helping the No. 7 John Brown University women's soccer team grab a well-needed 1-0 victory over Wayland Baptist (Texas) on Friday afternoon.
In a wet and windy bout, the Golden Eagles (10-2-1, 2-1-1 Sooner Athletic) needed just one strike to end a two-match winless skid and it came in the form of a 76th minute marker from Redman, her third game-winner of the season.
In a relatively even contest that was leveled by weather, John Brown out-shot the Pioneers (8-4-1, 3-2-0) by a slim 11-9 margin. The hosts fired four shots on target, prompting sophomore Caitlyn Logan to make four saves to claim her eighth clean sheet of the season.
Kaitlyn Brantzeg made six saves on seven Golden Eagle attempts on goal, and even earned a little bit of help from her back line.
In the 12th minute, sophomore Sienna Nealon nearly pocketed her fourth goal of the season when she and the ball managed to escape Brantzeg at the top of the 18. With a wide open goal, Nealon feathered a kick toward an awning net, but a Pioneer defender cleared the ball off the goal line inches before it crossed the goal line.
Thankfully, in the 76th minute, Redman's unassisted shot to the bottom left corner from 10 yards was all the margin the Golden Eagles needed to remain unbeaten against Wayland Baptist in program history (14-0-3).
Men
The John Brown University men's soccer team struggled to find much offense, suffering a 1-0 loss at defending national champion and No. 13 Wayland Baptist.
Falling to 1-3 this season against top 25 competition, the Golden Eagles (5-6-1, 2-3-0 Sooner Athletic) were out-shot 14-5 in the match as freshman Micah Herrmann managed the lone shot on goal for John Brown. JBU suffered its third clean sheet setback of the season.
Federico Ucar's second goal of the season in the 10th minute was all the Pioneers (9-2-0, 4-1-0) needed to secure its third consecutive win.
JBU appeared to tie the contest with a goal in the second half when WBU keeper Ziggy Camejo's punt careemed into senior Ashby Clark and bounced into the goal. The official ruled that the punt had ricocheted off Clark's arm, and the goal was disallowed.
Up next
JBU will now make the long return home and rest before traveling to a pair of contests next week at Southwestern Christian (Okla.) and Central Christian (Kan.) on Tuesday and Saturday, respectively.
Sports on 10/14/2018