The Basics
Score: Evangel 0, Kansas Wesleyan 5 | Box Score
Record: Evangel (1-4-1, 0-2-0), Kansas Wesleyan (2-4-1, 2-0-0)
Location: Salina, Kan. (JRI Stadium)
SALINA, Kan. – Valor Women's Soccer hit the road on Saturday (Sept. 21) afternoon, taking on the Coyotes of Kansas Wesleyan, in search of conference win #1. The Valor struggled offensively, as they were unable to score a goal on Saturday, falling 5-0.
Evangel's McKenzie Calhoun had an excellent chance for Evangel at the 16 minute mark, but the Coyote keeper made the tough save to keep the Valor off the scoreboard. The Coyotes were able to get on the board midway through the first half, as Evangel had another strong shot chance from Alece Hershey, but KWU held EU off, keeping a 1-0 lead going into the halftime break.
Kansas Wesleyan added four goals in the second half, as the Valor were unable to get a shot until the 78:33 mark, when Grayson Murphy's shot on goal was saved. Haven Stanley was able to also put a shot on goal in the final five minutes of the match, but could not score, as EU fell, 5-0, on Saturday.
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"For me, today was indeed an instance of competing without completing. We honestly played quite well, in fact, our performance was for sure better than the scoreline. We were prepared and ready, we had two really good sessions leading up to the match and even understood what the match was going to be like. I do think we need to be a bit better at anticipating actions to have the best player response to those actions," Women's Soccer Head Coach Bruce Deaton stated. "While this scoreline is very one-sided against us, we still are a very good team that just needs to reach completeness and it will happen. There is not an instance of doubt in my mind about that. We will continue competing and are getting ever so close to completing!! When that happens, it's full throttle ahead. The bottom line is we are playing better football now than at the beginning of the season, now we just need a result to prove it, I understand that part fully!"
UP NEXT
Evangel continues their road trip on Wednesday (Sept. 25) evening, taking on the Friends Falcons at 5:00 p.m., in Wichita, Kansas.
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