LAKE WALES, Fla. – The Lady Royals soccer team continues their winning ways and extends their winning streak to 6 straight after defeating the St. Thomas University Bobcats 2-1 last night. The Women have not lost since August 23
rd and have an amazing streak of 8 straight games without a loss.
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The Royals seemed to struggle on offense last night in the first half as the team only had 2 shots in the entire half, however, despite the lack of shots, the Lady Royals made sure to make them count as they scored a late goal in the first half off a #21
Lexi Garcia header; Garcia was assisted by #17
Emma Marshall.
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This is
Lexi Garcia's 3
rd goal of the year, along with
Emma Marshall's 2
nd assist.
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Lady Royals would enter half time with a 1-0 lead.
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The second half started with the Royals star mid-fielder, #10
Samanntha Warren, doing what she does best for the Royals, scoring a goal.
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In the 57
th minute Warren broke away from the Bobcat defense after receiving a nice pass from #2
Kristen Isabelle and was able to knock in the Royals 2
nd goal of the game and her 9
th goal of the season.
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The Bobcats would answer back with a goal of their own in the 80
th minute, bringing the score to 2-1 in favor of the Royals.
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Despite outshooting the Lady Royals 14 to 4 on the night the Bobcats were unable to find the back of the net more than once and fell to the Royals 2-1.
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Royal's goalie #1
Sarah Bergkvist deserves her share of the credit for the win as she notched 9 saved in the game and helped her team come away with the big road win.
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The Lady Royals are now 4-0 in conference play and sit atop the Sun Conference; they also have an overall record of 7-2-1 for the year.
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For more statistics about the team or individual players please visit:
http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Team/IndividualStats.aspx?association=10&sg=WSO&sea=NAIWSO_2018&conference=NAIWSO1_FSC&team=2506
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