HOUSTON – An early Southeastern Louisiana goal accounted for all the scoring as the HBU women's soccer team suffered a 1-0 Southland Conference loss to the visiting Lady Lions on Friday evening at Sorrels Field.
A yellow card on HBU (1-10-0, 0-4-0 SLC) forward
Xya Balderas gave Southeastern La. (2-8-1, 1-3-0 SLC) a free kick in the 15
th minute. A well-placed ball from Jada Ellis fell to Jamie Raines who netted her first goal of the season and put the Huskies at a 0-1 disadvantage. Through the rest of the first half, HBU's
Noor Abukishk took two shots with one blocked and the other missing wide right.
The Huskies got their first shot on target early in the second half with an Abukishk attempt from distance being stopped by SLU goalkeeper Nadine Maher at the 52:57 mark. HBU keeper made her first save of the night in the 59
th minute on a shot by Megan Gordon. In the 65
th minute freshman
Ryan Ford let fly from 25 yards out and was on target to the top left corner of the goal but Maher stretched out to deflect the shot over the goal.
The Huskies finished the night with seven shots to the Lady Lions' six with three of those shots on goal. SLU held a 2-1 advantage in corner kicks.
HBU will host Nicholls on Sunday, Oct. 6, afternoon for a 1:00 p.m. kickoff.
