ORU Women's Soccer Whips Mississippi Valley State

ORU women's soccer blows out Mississippi Valley State to move above .500 on the season.

Monday, September 17th 2012, 4:46 pm

By: News On 6


Allison Hall picked up her first three points of the season with a goal and an assist as the Oral Roberts women's soccer team walked away from Mississippi Valley State with a 4-0 victory on Sunday.

The victory improves the Golden Eagles to 4-3-2 on the year, the first time this season the squad has been above the .500 mark. It is the first time since the end of the 2010 season the Golden Eagles have had more wins than losses.

Hall's assist came just two and a half minutes into the match with the Delta Devils as she crossed the ball into the box, setting up the opening goal from Lexie Salas. It was also Salas' first goal of the season.

The Golden Eagles dominated the ball through most of the 90 minutes of play, with the offense rattling off 24 shots, 11 of which came in first half, while the defense only allowed a total of five shots.

Quickly out of the gate in the second half, Megan Giles set up teammate Kayla Keller on a cross, who finished by putting the ball at the back post to give the Golden Eagles a 2-0 lead.

Keller now leads the Golden Eagles with three goals on the season, while Giles is tied with Ashley Martin for the team lead in assists with three.

Hall added her goal in the 64th minute when she completed a Whitney Booth corner kick by putting a header in the net. About 20 minutes later, Mary-Kate Halsmer set up the final goal of the afternoon as she found Kayla Nsien at the top of the box who finished off the play.

The Golden Eagles had one of their best offensive games of the season as they finished as 13 of their 24 shots were on goal.

Helen Erb continues to have a solid season in goal, recording her fourth shutout as she picked up three saves on the Delta Devils, improving her record to 3-3-2. She is among the top keepers in the Southland Conference in saves with 46.

ORU takes the pitch again Friday as they play the first of a pair of matches in Omaha. They start the weekend against Nebraska-Omaha at 7 p.m. on Friday, closing the weekend against Creighton at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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