Hawkins nets 2nd for home win

Friday, October 19

Phoenix, Ariz.

7 p.m.

Grand Canyon

6-12, 3-3

New Mexico State

2-14, 1-5

Team	1	2	Final F
New Mexico State	0	0	0
Grand Canyon	1	0	1

10/19/2018 8:57:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Burton tallies 4th shutout this season

By: Sarah Woodward

The Grand Canyon women's soccer team beat New Mexico State at home for the fourth consecutive time on Friday night, when Lopes senior midfielder Brylee Hawkins netted a free-kick goal for a 1-0 win at GCU Stadium.

"This win is huge for us," Lopes head coach Derek Leader said. "It puts us in a much better spot than we were in before the game. New Mexico State played very well. They put a lot more pressure on us than we expected and their numbers up top are quite dangerous.

"I thought our ladies handled it well. Unfortunately, we weren't able to put away a few chances that we had that would've made the game easier for us but, in the end, we got the win so we're pretty excited."

The Lopes (6-12, 3-3 WAC) outshot the Aggies 16-12 while senior goalkeeper Abby Burton tallied eight saves in an impressive shutout, her fourth of the season.

Hawkins put the Lopes on the board in the 26th minute with a free-kick goal from outside the 18-yard box. The goal is the second of the season for Hawkins.

The Lopes and the Aggies (2-14, 1-5 WAC) battled through the remainder of the regulation game, as the GCU defensive effort held strong for the win.

Senior midfielder McKenzie Cook led the GCU offense with six shots while sophomore forward Camryn Larson took four. Six Lopes tallied a shot apiece, including Hawkins, Mikaela McGee, Kelsey Smith, Perri Belzer, Carlie Bateman and Sarah Inafuku.

The Lopes return to GCU Stadium on Sunday at 1 p.m. to host Utah Valley. The team's six seniors -- Burton, Cook, Hawkins, Inafuku and Jennifer Pippin -- will be honored.