ARADELPHIA, Ark. – The East Central University women's soccer team closed out its Arkansas road trip with a conference matchup against Ouachita Baptist University, dropping 3-1 on Sunday.
Abbie Morris opened up the scoring with a goal in the 17
th minute to put ECU on top 1-0. Morris now has 4 goals on the season. Ouachita put the pressure on with nine shots in the first half, but ECU would hold them off going into halftime.
Shortly after resuming play in the second half, OBU evened the score with a connection to the back of the net in the 49
th minute. ECU attempted three more shots to take back the lead, but it was Ouachita that capitalized and found the net to go up 2-1. Both teams continued to press, but a third goal by OBU in the 83
rd minute would eventually finalize the score 3-1 at Kluck Field.
Ouachita outshot ECU 18-14 in the contest.
Abbie Morris was the only ECU player to score a goal while
Tanja Bauboeck had two shots on goal and four others had one each.
McKenna Leveling finished the game with four saves.
The East Central University women's soccer team will next travel to Weatherford, OK to play Southwestern Oklahoma State University Thursday, Oct. 13 at 3 p.m.