Women's Soccer Aims to Remain Perfect on Saturday Versus Dallas
The Centenary women's soccer team aims to remain undefeated on Saturday afternoon as the Ladies face the University of Dallas Crusaders in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference match set for 3:30 p.m. at Mayo Field.
Shreveport – The Centenary women's soccer team aims to remain undefeated on Saturday afternoon as the Ladies face the University of Dallas Crusaders in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference match set for 3:30 p.m. at Mayo Field.
The Ladies (6-0, 2-0 SCAC) extended their unbeaten streak and recorded another shutout as they blanked the Mississippi University for Women Owls, 3-0, on Tuesday evening in a non-conference match at home. Centenary posted its fifth-straight shutout, which is now tied for second-most for a single season in program history in the division III (2011-present) era. The Maroon and White are already 2-0 in conference play with wins over St. Thomas on the road, 3-0, back on Feb. 26, and 1-0 over Austin College last weekend at home.
Dallas is 1-1 on the season after opening its season with a 1-0 win over Schreiner on Feb. 27 and falling 3-2 at home against Texas Lutheran on Sunday. Centenary swept a pair of one-goal games over the Crusaders last season, winning 2-1 at home and 3-2 at Dallas.
Centenary has now outscored its opponents 16-1 this season and is just two shutouts away from the division III era single season record of seven. The Ladies have now won 22 of their last 25 matches dating back to the beginning of last season and are 12-1 in their last 13 home matches. Centenary improved to 4-0 at home this season and only one team in the country in division III has more shutouts than the Ladies. Centenary is tied for 13th in the country in scoring offense, tied for seventh in goals scored, eighth in total points, and tied for 12th in assists.
Senior goalkeeper Maggie Pitcher (San Antonio, Texas) recorded her fifth shutout of the season and the 11th of her career. She had set a new division III program era record for shutouts in a career with last Saturday's 1-0 win over Austin College. Pitcher, named the SCAC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week on March 1, had two saves on Tuesday and now has 21 saves for the season.
Pitcher has an impressive .955 save percentage for the season and leads the SCAC in saves and shutouts and ranks third in both goals against average and save percentage. She ranks second in the country in shutouts, 13th in GAA, 12th in save %, tied for 18th in total saves, and tied for 44th in saves per game.
Senior Pamela Fonseca (Houston, Texas) scored her second goal of the season on Tuesday, freshman Alexa Hinojosa (Pasadena, Texas) scored her first-career goal on a penalty kick, and junior Gabby McDonald (Pasadena, Texas) scored the third and final goal for the Ladies. McDonald, who scored Centenary's lone goal in the win over Austin College, now leads the Ladies with three goals on the season, as she is tied with sophomore forward Avery Gilbert (League City, Texas).
McDonald is tied for 23rd in total points in the nation and tied for 24th in assists while she and Gilbert are tied for 28th in the country in goals and Gilbert is tied for 45th in points. Fonseca is tied for fourth in the country in game-winning goals with two and sophomore forward Sydney Bascomb (Mesquite, Texas) is tied for 24th in the country in assists.
The Ladies remain at home next weekend as they face Schreiner on Saturday, March 20 at 2 p.m.
A link to the Ladies' complete schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wsoc/2020-21/schedule
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