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CONWAY, Ark. – HBU, riding a six-match unbeaten streak, was unable to get on the board in the Huskies' final road match of the season on Sunday afternoon and fell 2-0 to Central Arkansas.
 
Central Arkansas (8-8-0, 5-3-0 SLC) got on the scoreboard early with Ashley Smith finding the back post from 10 yards out with an assist by Dayna Mounie at the 5:35 mark. HBU (6-5-2, 5-2-1 SLC) saw a header by Sabriah Spencer off a corner kick in the 16^th minute go wide with two more headers in the 19^th minute both going off target. Gabby Rodriguez put a shot off the crossbar in the 34^th minute that came straight down in front of the goal line, narrowly missing tying the match. Alanis Guevara made four saves in goal in the first half.
 
Hadley Dickinson put UCA ahead by two, knocking in a rebound off an Alex Moore shot at the 63:03 mark. The Huskies saw their only shot on goal come two minutes later on a Jennifer Gebhardt free kick following a yellow card against UCA's Kristen Ricks, but it was stopped by UCA's Anna Hughes. The Huskies were out-shot 23-12 in the match with a 9-1 differential in shots on goal.
 
Guevara made six saves, taking the loss in goal for HBU and falling to 5-5-0 on the season. Lauren Mercuri, despite leaving the game in the 21^st minute, was credited with the win in goal for UCA, improving to 8-4-0. Spencer led HBU with three shot attempts.
 
"We played hard and put together a pretty good game today," said head coach Misty Jones. "Unfortunately, we didn't create enough goal-scoring opportunities. We did have one that hit the crossbar and bounced on the goal line that would have tied the game, but we fought hard until the final whistle. I'm proud of the effort and the first we showed. We will bounce back for our final conference games at home."
 
The Huskies have three more regular season contests on the schedule, beginning this coming Friday, Oct. 20, when they host Lamar followed by McNeese on Sunday, Oct. 22, at Sorrels Field.