The Basics

Score: Evangel 4, Bethel 4 | Box Score

Record: Evangel (3-6-3, 2-3-2), Bethel (5-6-1, 1-5-1)

Location: Springfield, Mo. (Coryell Field)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Valor Women's Soccer returned home on Saturday (Oct. 7) afternoon, looking to add a win to the win column, hosting the Bethel Threshers. After eight total goals were scored and the dust had cleared, both teams walked away on Saturday with a 4-4 tie.

In the first 13 minutes of the match, Bethel was able to get on the board, taking an early 1-0 lead. After the score, Evangel's offense began to push the pace, racking off several shots on goal. On a free kick, Evangel's Anna Crain scored her seventh goal of the season, tying the game up at 1-1. Bethel quickly responded just eight minutes after Crain's goal by scoring on a corner kick, pushing the Threshers ahead, 2-1. Less than four minutes later, Grayson Murphy took the ball up the left side of the field and shot a high shot that went over the keeper's outstretched arms, once again tying the game up, this time at 2-2. With less than four minutes left in the first half, the Threshers scored another goal, taking a 3-2 lead into the halftime break.

The Valor offense came out fast to open the second set, tying the score up at 3-3 in the first minute and seven seconds of the half on an Ava Campbell goal. Evangel was able to score a go-ahead goal at the 65:12 mark of the game on Anna Crain's eight goal of the season, on a nice pass from Hannah Truant. Nearly 10 minutes later in the half, Bethel scored an equalizer, on another corner kick, putting the game at 4-4. Evangel would record five shots in the final 15 minutes of the half, but could not score another as both teams took a 4-4 tie at the end of regulation.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Evangel outshot Bethel, 26-10, in the 4-4 tie.

• Evangel was able to record eight corners in the game, compared to Bethel's seven.

• The Valor were called for double the amount of fouls that the Threshers were, 14-7.

QUOTABLE

"I am proud of our heart, effort, and battle today. Being down a goal at half and leveling it very early in the second half, then scoring a second time to take the lead truly reflected their commitment to the team and one another," Women's Soccer Head Coach Bruce Deaton stated. "We need to do a better job defending set pieces on free kicks and corners because this is the area that challenged us today. I will take a point but am disappointed we didn't get the win since I felt we played well enough in possession to do so."

UP NEXT

Evangel Women's Soccer remains at home on Wednesday (Oct. 11) afternoon, taking on the nationally ranked Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles at 5:00 p.m. in Springfield, Missouri.

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