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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Soccer gave Ouachita Baptist all it wanted Saturday morning at the Athletic Complex, beating the Tigers 7-2. After struggling to score in their last outing against Harding, the Bulldogs broke out to net seven balls from four different players against OUA.
Freshman
Alimata Rabo earned a hat trick in the first half, doing all her damage in the first 45 minutes of the match. She scored the game's first three goals in the 25th, 35th, and 40th minutes to allow SWOSU to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Out of the three shots, none were more impressive than the second which saw a perfectly placed corner kick by
Erica Brunet that allowed Rabo to get her head on it for the score. Ouachita was able to respond late in the half with a goal of their own, so at intermission the Dawgs led 3-1.
Other Bulldog attackers stepped up in the second half, as
Ashlyn Collier scored two goals of her own in the 49th and 81st minutes, while
Sandra Nabweteme and
Kendall Harris each added one point of their own on the day. SWOSU conceded another goal in the second half, but thanks to the lead that was already built it did not faze the Bulldogs who were able to answer with two more scores of their own.
SWOSU outshot OUA 23-9 on the day, including a dominant first half where the Bulldog defense held the Tigers to a mere two shot attempts. Rabo's hat trick marks the fourth time this season the forward from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso has scored at least three times in a single match.
Going into today's game, Ouachita and SWOSU were tied atop the Great American Conference standings with 7-2 records in league play. After the win, the Bulldogs now take sole possession of first place heading into their final two games of the regular season which will both be away from Weatherford.
Looking ahead, the Bulldogs (11-3-1, 8-2 GAC) will face Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday, October 27 and then wrap up the regular season against Southern Nazarene two days later.
