MARSHALL, Texas – Scoreless through the first half, the East Texas Baptist University women's soccer team exploded for five goals in the second half on their way to an American Southwest Conference victory over Belhaven University. ETBU is now 4-7-1 overall and 1-4 in the ASC.
ETBU had goals from
Ashleigh Rondon (three shots, three assists),
Brianna Mickshaw,
Raegan Kappler (assist),
Amy Pineda, and
Jaren Jackson. Goalkeeper
Maddie Rea had six of the eight saves recorded by ETBU goalies as
Karrigan Falber had one save.
Olivia Gallegos recorded the fifth assist for the Tigers. BU's Alex Trammel led with three shots for her team as posting 12 in total. BU keeper Georgia Jordan recorded seven saves.
The first half would see ETBU and Belhaven combine for eight shots on goal with ETBU holding a 5-3 edge in that category. This was part of the Tigers' 10-4 domination in shots overall by the end of the first half. ETBU started the contest with three good shot opportunities only for Jordan to keep the Tigers off the scoreboard. The Blazers had scoring chances that were met by Rea, who made three saves as the score was knotted at zero heading into the half.
Just 35 seconds into the second half, Rondon would strike her third goal of the season to give ETBU an early lead, 1-0. Eight minutes later, Mickshaw would put in the Tigers' second goal in (53:09) for a 2-0 lead. Kappler (61:22) and Pineda (62:29) would score a minute a part from each other while Jackson netted the fifth goal (72:01) as ETBU dominated the second half. ETBU's defense would keep the Blazers off the scoresheet on their way to their first conference win of the season.
The Tigers will return back to Cornish Field on Saturday at 2:00 PM when they host Louisiana College.
