BETHANY, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State women's soccer outdueled Southern Nazarene University Thursday to win its second straight match. Senior Calvonis Prentice scored twice for the Rangers, avenging a heartbreaking double-overtime loss earlier in the season.
Prentice tallied her second and third goals of the year, with both beating SNU goalkeeper Michaela Owen from the left side.
After a defensively driven back-and-forth first half, the two teams entered the break scoreless at Wes Harmon Field. Freshman goaltender Kiara Fontanilla turned away two shots in the frame to give the Rangers a fighting chance.
Just four minutes into the second half, Northwestern opened the scoring with a Prentice tally to go ahead 1-0. Southern Nazarene would counter with a goal of their own in the 75th minute when Karsyn Matthews buried a rebound past Fontanilla to even it up at one goal apiece.
The Rangers outshot the Crimson Storm 17-13 in a physical contest that saw four yellow cards and a red card issued. Yazmin Gomez led the red-and-black with five shots, including four on goal while six other Rangers had two shots each.
A consistent attack allowed the Rangers to maintain pressure, and that pressure paid off in the 79th minute as Prentice delivered the game winning goal to land Northwestern back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
Northwestern will face a tough task Saturday, October 27 as they wrap up the 2018 campaign in Shawnee to face the Oklahoma Baptist Bison who just secured the Great American Conference regular season title with a win over Southwestern. Game time is set for 2 p.m. in Shawnee.
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