ARKADELPHIA- You couldn’t have written a better ending to the 2010 season, as Ouachita Baptist easily defeated Houston-Victoria, 5-0, on Sunday in a non-conference women’s soccer match up in Arkadelphia.
Ouachita (8-8-2) was led yet again by junior Beth Wendl who had a hand in every goal scored, as the Plano, Texas native scored two goals and assisted on three others in the victory. Wendl entered the weekend as the fourth-leading scorer in the Gulf South Conference and finishes the season with a team-high 12 goals and 13 assists.
Wendl got the scoring entourage started at 9:41 in the first half off of a penalty kick that went past the Houston-Victoria keeper on the left side for a 1-0 Ouachita lead.
Ouachita sophomore Taylor Gay made it 2-0 at 19:59 with a left footed shot to the back left corner as Wendl and freshman Morgan Pitchford assisted on the play.
To begin the second half, it was Gay who provided the assist to Wendl to begin scoring, as Wendl scored her second goal to stretch the lead to 3-0 at 64:14 mark. Sophomore Brittany Davidson made it 4-0 when Wendl forced the keeper to commit on the play, leaving a wide open net that Davidson took advantage of on her second goal of the season at 71:40.
For the final goal by the Lady Tigers, sophomore Carrie Lieblong recorded her first goal of the season at 75:05, as Wendl again assisted on the play.
Houston-Victoria ended the shutout in the 88th minute, as Patricia Quinones set the final mark at 5-1.
Ouachita Baptist senior keeper Whitley Hoppe played 67 minutes and provided a shutout in the winning effort. Freshman Sarah Boyles played the final 22 minutes for the Lady Tigers.
