Oklahoma Baptist’s soccer squads went 2-0 Tuesday against Mid-American Christian.
OBU’s women evened their overall record at 2-2-1 with a 5-1 victory to open Sooner Athletic Conference play.
Mengjun Zang had her second two-goal match of the season while Lin Yan, Courtney Anderson and Marinne Burnham added one apiece. Kirsten Morrow posted an assist.
“Mid-America was a better team than I thought,” said OBU coach Brent Coates. “Our girls played well and deserved the win.”
The Lady Bison outshot the Evangels 16-4 with Molly Brown turning away all four shots for saves.
The OBU women will play at Northwestern Tuesday.
Men
At Mid-American, OBU prevailed 3-0 after a scoreless first half in another SAC opener.
Eduardo Acedo broke the tie with a goal and the Bison added another Acedo goal and a Sullivan Silva goal after two MACU players received red-card ejections and the Evangels played down two men.
Goalie Jacob Hibbard of OBU collected five saves. OBU outshot the Evangels 21-6 with a 10-5 advantage in shots on goal.
“Obviously, when they had two players sent off it got a lot easier,” Coates said. “After that, we put the ball away and put the game away.”
OBU’s men (4-2 overall, 1-0 SAC) will play their first home match at 3 p.m. Saturday against Bacone.
Rain shortens tennis tourney
Anna Costa and Brooke Mowery of Oklahoma Baptist won two Flight 1 matches apiece Wednesday before the Heart of America Tennis Tournament was shortened due to rain.
Costa defeated Brittney Parke of Kansas Wesleyan College 6-0, 6-0 and Natalie Holmes of Dallas Baptist, 6-3, 6-1. Mowery upended Tara Webb of Seminole State, 6-1, 6-0, and A. Woodland of Midwestern State, 6-4, 6-1.
Sarah Alexander of OBU went 1-1, whipping Diane Lozana 6-1, 6-2, then losing to Woodland, 6-2, 6-0.
In doubles play, Mowery-Camber Robinett and Samantha Attard-Costa both prevailed 8-3 but were later defeated in round 16 competition.
Alexander and Katie Halbesleben dropped an 8-3 doubles decision to Midwestern State University in their only match.
