Box Score
OKLAHOMA CITY — St. Mary's Women's Soccer led an offensive attack against Oklahoma Christian Monday, claiming a 4-1 victory.
Four different Rattlers netted against the Eagles, including
Lauren Peck (So., San Antonio),
Ashlyn Leighton (Sr., Houston),
Ronika Cavazos (Sr., Corpus Christi, Texas) and
Brianna Shafer (So., Castroville, Texas).
The Rattlers bumped to 4-2 in Heartland Conference play and 7-6-1 overall, holding steady as the No. 3 team in league standings.
Half of the Rattlers' four goals were assisted, as
Sam Lara (So., San Antonio) guided Leighton for her second goal on the season with a header off a corner kick and
Kaitie Kasperitis (Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas) assisted Cavazos in the 83
rd minute.
Three of the Rattlers' four goals were scored in the second frame with Shafer punching in the final goal with four minutes left in the game. Shafer became the Rattlers' second-leading scorer with the goal, totaling four on the season.
Kasperitis and
Lynsie Shaw (So., San Antonio) led with three shots apiece in St. Mary's 19-shot day against the Eagles (2-10-2, 0-4-1 in conference), followed by Cavazos with two.
Alyssa Taramona (So., Forney, Texas) and
Paola Ostos (Sr., El Paso, Texas) split goalkeeping duties with Ostos gaining the start for the win with two saves. Taramona stepped into the net in the second frame, recording three saves.
St. Mary's will head back home for its final three games of the regular season, first playing Texas A&M International at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Sigma Beta Chi field.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
