The Lipscomb women’s soccer team (2-0-2) secured a 3-0 win over Jacksonville State (1-3) at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex Sunday night.
Senior Alex Hickey was able to finish off an assist from sophomores Natalie DuBoise and Jade Abarca, then nine minutes later, freshman Maycie McKay capitalized on a poor throw by the Jacksonville State goalie.
Head coach Kevin O’Brien said he was proud of the girls for playing so well on a short turnaround from last Thursday’s match against Cincinnati.
“We dug in and continued to defend well,” O’Brien said. “Counting exhibition games, we are at six shutouts in a row, which is a pretty long run.”
DuBoise scored to seal the game in the 80th minute.
“We really wanted to press them and get a couple of early goals, and that’s what we did in the first half — that way we could come out a little more confident going into the second half,” DuBoise said.
However, there were no yellow cards awarded and only a handful of free kicks.
“There were a couple of late challenges, but again part of that is fatigue,” O’Brien said. “I don’t think it is a malicious intent from players on the ball — it is just [that] they are a little bit late with tired legs and they are not getting there as quickly as they would on a mid-week game.”
“Non-conference games are basically to try and fine tune your teams to try and make a run in the conference,” O’Brien said. “It’s been great — we’ve been building a lot of confidence and self-belief.”
The Lady Bisons will return to the field Tuesday at Alabama A&M at 4 p.m.
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