WEATHERFORD, Okla - It was a windy Thursday afternoon in Weatherford when SWOSU soccer took the field against Ouachita Baptist.

The Bulldogs did not mind or care as they defeated Ouachita Baptist 3-0 and picked up another key Great American Conference win.

SWOSU struck first with a goal by Tianna Watkins in the first two minutes of the game. They nearly scored again a few minutes later, but Ouachita made the stop. SWOSU kept creating chances to score, with plays like Brenna McGuirk slicing through the defense and taking a shot and just missing as the goalie made the save. 

SWOSU played great defense with 13 minutes to play in the first half. Ouachita Baptist built a strong attack, but goalkeeper Ashley Hughes made a clutch save and SWOSU blocked lots of their shots. This shot was Ouachita Baptist's only shot on goal in the entire first half. The first half ended with a near SWOSU goal, but they were unable to finish and were ahead 1-0 at halftime. 

SWOSU took 14 shots, with six on goal and Ouachita Baptist took one shot and it was on goal. Ouachita Baptist had three corner kicks and SWOSU had two corner kicks. 

SWOSU doubled its lead in the second half, when Anna Bager scored nine minutes into the second half. 

Hughes made a great save with 12 minutes left in the game, keeping the score at 2-0. With 1:09 left in the game, Brianna Benitez scored a goal, making the score 3-0 and this was the final score.

SWOSU took 25 shots and 12 of them were on goal. Of those 12 shots on goal, Baget had four of those. Hughes had four saves.  

SWOSU improves to 9-5-1 and is 7-1-1 in GAC play. They will play their next game, 11 a.m. Saturday at home against Harding.