WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Senior forward Alimata Rabo accounted for four of the six goals the Bulldogs scored on Thursday against Oklahoma Baptist in a 6-0 rout and in doing so, became SWOSU Soccer's all-time scoring leader.
Entering Thursday Rabo sat with 76 career goals and two behind former teammate Sandra Nabweteme (78) on the all-time scoring list. She proceeded to tie that record in the first half, break it shortly into the second half, and finally extend it with her fourth (and final) goal of the match. The ultimate haul.
Rabo's four goals ties the school record for most goals scored in a single game. Kelsi Visor did that once back in 2011, and Rabo has now done that feat on six separate occasions. She now has 80 goals in her career and six on the year.
The match Thursday was supposed to be tightly contested. Oklahoma Baptist entered Thursday in first place in the Great American Conference standings. SWOSU was 2-6-2 against OBU dating back to 2018. Yet, none of the aforementioned mattered as the Dawgs picked up the game winning goal just 13 minutes into the match and proceeded to score three goals in each half to win it.
Prior to Thursday, Oklahoma Baptist had not allowed more than four goals in a GAC match since joining the conference in 2015.
SWOSU took 22 shots total, 13 on goal, while the defense limited OBU to just four shots on target. Goalkeeper Ashley Hughes took care of the rest and posted her fourth conference clean sheet of the season. Freshman Lillian Rhodes came in for Hughes with 10 minutes remaining and earned one save.
Five games into SWOSU's conference schedule, the stingy Bulldog defense has yet to allow a goal.
Desiree Rodriguez and Brenna McGuirk scored SWOSU's other two goals. Rodriguez put the Dawgs ahead 2-0 when she took a pass in the box and kicked it home for her first goal of the season. McGuirk's second goal of the season came in Thursday's final minute.
Assists on the afternoon were from Rodriguez, Micaella Swain, Wagner, and Claire Torry.
SWOSU moves to 3-4-4 overall on the year and 3-0-2 in GAC play. The Bulldogs are set to battle Southern Nazarene on Saturday (10/8) in Bethany.
