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Sabriah Spencer's header in the 95th minute sent the Huskies' bench into delirium, as HBU knocked off the Southland Conference's top team in Southeastern Louisiana, 1-0, in overtime Friday evening at Sorrels Field.
It was a total team effort for the Huskies, who held the Lady Lions' potent offense scoreless. SLU was outscoring its opponents, 33-8, entering tonight's contest. HBU joins No. 1 Florida State as the only team to shut out SLU this season.
"It was a really intense game and we wanted it really bad, so when we had the corner, we wanted to finish it there in overtime," said Spencer.
"We did really well defensively and we stuck to the game plan," said
Alanis Guevara, who celebrated her birthday with her first-collegiate shutout while stopping a career-high six shots.
Spencer had a match-high five shots, while she had two of the Huskies' three shots on goal. The conference's leading scorer, Gisenia Utreras, had a team-best four shots, but only one hit the target. Maggie Ramsey posted a team-best two shots on goal. Hope Sabadash took the loss in goal as she stopped two shots.
The best opportunity for either team in the first half came in the waning seconds, as the Lady Lions put a centering pass into the six-yard box. Amber Lasher one-timed it, but Guevara made a beautiful diving stop to keep the match scoreless.
SLU outshot the Huskies, 8-7, in the first half and had three of the half's four corner kicks.
Each team had scoring chances in the second half. Spencer's shot sailed high in the 77th minute, while
Alessia Dal Monte's header attempt also went over the cross bar in the 84th minute.
Utreras came close to ending the match three minutes into overtime as her shot went just wide. One minute later, the Huskies were awarded a corner kick.
Elizabeth Adams sent a beautiful ball into the box and Spencer headed it in the back of the net.
Shots were even at 15-apiece in the match, while SLU held a 9-6 advantage in corner kicks.
HBU hosts Nicholls Sunday at 1 pm. The Colonels defeated Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 2-1, earlier tonight.
