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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Thursday, September 20
Oakland, CA
3:30 PM
Grand Canyon
5
at
2
Holy Names
Gabriella Zavala de Rojas
Women's Soccer Gets First PacWest Win at Holy Names
9/20/2012 5:54:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Score a season-high five goals
The Grand Canyon University women’s soccer team defeated Holy Names, 5-2, today in Oakland, Calif. With the win, the Antelopes are now 2-3-2 overall and 1-0-2 in Pacific West Conference play. The Hawks, who joined the PacWest this year, fell to 1-5-0 overall and 0-3-0 in conference play.
The five goals marked the most for the ‘Lopes this season and the most since also scoring five on Oct. 1, 2011 at Hawai’i Hilo (5-2).
"I was happy that we finished the chances that we created up front," said head coach Stevie Gill. "With five different players getting on the scoreboard, it's nice to see everyone hitting the back of the net and coming away with a comfortable win after two back-to-back overtime ties. With 36 shots against their nine, it was evident that we controlled much of the game and played very well at the back. Angelina Miraglio, Brittany Gillespie and Martine Gjennestad were their usual dominant selves and played strong throughout the contest. Now I'm looking forward to our last game on this 10-day road trip in San Francisco and getting back to Phoenix to regroup and continue our unbeaten season."
The ‘Lopes had a substantive margin in shots and shots on goal, collecting 36 and 22 respectively, while the Hawks recorded nine shots, five of which were on goal. Holy Names goalkeeper Tiana Miyashiro had 17 saves in the game.
GCU outshot the Hawks by a margin of 24-3 in the first half. The ‘Lopes had eight shots on goal before the clock had reached the halfway point in the first and finished with 14 shots on goal in the first 45 minutes. GCU’s defense limited the Hawks to two shots on goal, both of which were saved by Cat Lena.
The ‘Lopes opened the first half with five shots within the first 12 minutes and had a stretch of 17 consecutive shots over 25 minutes.
Cheyenne Hayden scored her first goal of the season in the 15th minute. Nicole Nsa added to the early lead when she scored via a Jessica Lincoln assist in the 38th minute.
The Hawks pulled within one goal after successfully converting a penalty kick in the 50th minute following a GCU foul.
The two teams remained without a goal over the next 20 minutes until the ‘Lopes scored two within a four minute stretch.
Samantha Bush collected her second goal of the season on an assist from Alexis Wetherell in the 71st minute. Rakeisha Sealey followed that up with her first of the season in the 75th minute to give GCU a comfortable 4-1 lead with just under 15 minutes to play.
Gabriella Zavala de Rojas recorded her first goal of the season in the 81st minute on an assist from Nsa.
The Hawks added another score in the 83rd minute and attempted just one more shot before the final buzzer rang.
GCU will conclude their Northern California road trip with a contest at Academy of Art on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
GCU 5, HNU 2
The five goals marked the most for the ‘Lopes this season and the most since also scoring five on Oct. 1, 2011 at Hawai’i Hilo (5-2).
"I was happy that we finished the chances that we created up front," said head coach Stevie Gill. "With five different players getting on the scoreboard, it's nice to see everyone hitting the back of the net and coming away with a comfortable win after two back-to-back overtime ties. With 36 shots against their nine, it was evident that we controlled much of the game and played very well at the back. Angelina Miraglio, Brittany Gillespie and Martine Gjennestad were their usual dominant selves and played strong throughout the contest. Now I'm looking forward to our last game on this 10-day road trip in San Francisco and getting back to Phoenix to regroup and continue our unbeaten season."
The ‘Lopes had a substantive margin in shots and shots on goal, collecting 36 and 22 respectively, while the Hawks recorded nine shots, five of which were on goal. Holy Names goalkeeper Tiana Miyashiro had 17 saves in the game.
GCU outshot the Hawks by a margin of 24-3 in the first half. The ‘Lopes had eight shots on goal before the clock had reached the halfway point in the first and finished with 14 shots on goal in the first 45 minutes. GCU’s defense limited the Hawks to two shots on goal, both of which were saved by Cat Lena.
The ‘Lopes opened the first half with five shots within the first 12 minutes and had a stretch of 17 consecutive shots over 25 minutes.
Cheyenne Hayden scored her first goal of the season in the 15th minute. Nicole Nsa added to the early lead when she scored via a Jessica Lincoln assist in the 38th minute.
The Hawks pulled within one goal after successfully converting a penalty kick in the 50th minute following a GCU foul.
The two teams remained without a goal over the next 20 minutes until the ‘Lopes scored two within a four minute stretch.
Samantha Bush collected her second goal of the season on an assist from Alexis Wetherell in the 71st minute. Rakeisha Sealey followed that up with her first of the season in the 75th minute to give GCU a comfortable 4-1 lead with just under 15 minutes to play.
Gabriella Zavala de Rojas recorded her first goal of the season in the 81st minute on an assist from Nsa.
The Hawks added another score in the 83rd minute and attempted just one more shot before the final buzzer rang.
GCU will conclude their Northern California road trip with a contest at Academy of Art on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
GCU 5, HNU 2
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