TraciMonroe_WSOC_092316
Matteo Zengaro
4
Winner Union (TN) UU (2-3-2)
0
Delta State University DSU (4-4)
Winner
Union (TN) UU
(2-3-2)
4
Final
0
Delta State University DSU
(4-4)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Union (TN) UU 1 3 4
Delta State University DSU 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | Elisabetta Zengaro

Lady Statesmen Fall To Union University

CLEVELAND, Miss. – The Delta State women's soccer team dropped its third straight Gulf South Conference game in a 4-0 loss to the Lady Bulldogs of Union University on Sept. 25.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Union University 4 | Delta State 0
Records: Union University (2-3-2, 2-1-1 GSC) | Delta State (4-4, 0-3 GSC)
Location: Delta Field | Cleveland, Miss.
Series: Union leads the series 7-3
Get Social: @DSUStatesmen | @DeltaStateWSOC

HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • The game remained scoreless until Union found the breakthrough in the 41st minute of the game when Diana Barajas scored on an assist by Austen DeLoach to give Union a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.
  • Kayleigh Patterson made it 2-0 for the Lady Bulldogs, finding the back of the net in the 48th minute.
  • Patterson's header off the crossbar made it 3-0 in favor of Union in the 56th minute.
  • Hannah Hilburn scored the final goal of the game less than a minute later. She fired a shot that hit the side post and found its way past DSU keeper Emily Oldacre.
  • In goal, Oldacre made eight saves and faced 20 shots from the Lady Bulldogs, while conceding four goals.
  • Union goalkeeper, Kristen Francis earned the shutout, facing only eight shots, two of which were on goal.
  • Shannon Thomas and Catherine Thomson recorded DSU's only two shots on goal.
  • Patterson, Hilburn, and Barajas led the Lady Bulldogs. Patterson scored two goals, took two shots and had two shots on goal. Hilburn fired the most shots in the game (four) and scored a goal, while Barajas had one shot, one shot on goal, and one goal.
 
STAT OF THE GAME:
  • The Lady Bulldogs out shot the Lady Statesmen only 4-3 in the first half and 20-8 in the second half.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • The loss marks the third straight loss for the Lady Statesmen.
  • This is the second time the Lady Statesmen have been shut out during the season.
  • The Lady Statesmen have yet to win a game after being down a goal.
  • The Lady Bulldogs scored a season high of four goals, the most since they last defeated Delta State 4-0 last season.
  • Oldacre now has 35 saves this season. She ranks sixth in the GSC in saves per game, averaging five.

UP NEXT: The Lady Statesmen will seek their first GSC win when they travel to Huntsville, Ala., to take on the University of Alabama-Huntsville on Sept. 30. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. 
 
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