Saints Women's Soccer Scores Eight Goals in Romp Over Paul Quinn

SAN ANTONIO (Sept. 30, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) women's soccer team crushed Paul Quinn College (PQC) 8-0 in a Red River Athletic Conference matchup. The Saints improve to 6-2 and 5-1 in conference, while PQC drops to 1-9 overall and 0-6 in conference.

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The Saints are 9-0 against the Tigers. The Saints have never allowed a goal against the Tigers.

Basics

The Saints started the game with four shots by Sara Garza, Ez Valles, Allison Kostoch and Vivianna Gutierrez before Kostoch found the back of the net on an assist from Lyndee Rheinberger. The Saints continued to keep the action on their side of the field except for one shot by PQC's Daisy Robledo. OLLU was fouled inside the box resulting in a penalty kick. Jaylin Seto took the shot and scored to give the Saints the 2-0 lead. In the 33^rd minute, Haven Ortiz scored an unassisted goal and after four more Saints' shots, the half ended.

The Saints didn't take long to score in the second half as Leah Tapia found the net on an assist from Samantha Nava at the 50^th minute. Three minutes later, Emerson Weiler shot a penalty kick that went into the net to give the Saints the 5-0 lead. PQC's goalkeeper Fernanda Rosas got eliminated from the game on a red card after a harsh tackle.  A minute later at the 57^th minute, Ez Valles scored on an assist from Nava. Bethany Garr shot the ball in at the 77^th minute to give the Saints the 7-0 lead. With two minutes left in the game, Lilliana Martinez scored and the Saints won 8-0.

Scoring overview

17' – OLLU –Allison Kostoch, assisted by Lyndee Rheinberger

31' – OLLU –Jaylin Seto

33' – OLLU –Haven Ortiz

50' – OLLU –Leah Tapia, assisted by Samantha Nava

54' – OLLU –Emerson Weiler

57' – OLLU –Ez Valles, assisted by Samantha Nava

77' – OLLU –Bethany Garr

89' – OLLU –Lilliana Martinez

Inside the box score

The Saints had 31 shots and 20 shots on goal, while the Tigers logged 4 shots and one on goal.

OLLU recorded four corner kicks and the Tigers took one. PQC was assessed two yellow cards and one red, so the Tigers played 35 minutes with 10 players on the field.

OLLU's Tess Pitcher had no saves and earned her sixth win of the season. Samantha Valadez played the second half and recorded one save. PQC's Fernanda Rosas, who played 56 minutes before receiving a red card, logged eight saves and had five goals scored against her. Samantha Burks had four saves and had three goals against her.

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What's next

The Saints will travel south for a RRAC matchup against Texas A&M University – San Antonio on Oct. 7.