Eagles bounce back with dominant effort, take back RRAC's top spot

Less than a week after surrendering four goals and suffering their first loss of the season, the A&M-Texarkana women's soccer club returned to business as usual with stifling defense and timely goal-scoring, netting a pair of second half goals Thursday in a 2-0 conference win over Louisiana Christian at Morgan Field.

The Eagles (11-1-0 overall, 6-1-0 RRAC) returned to the top of the conference table and sent the visiting Wildcats (7-2-0, 5-1-0) to their first loss in league play. A&M-Texarkana also stayed unbeaten at home (5-0-0) while registering their sixth shutout of the season and fourth in conference play.

After playing to a scoreless draw in the first half, the Eagles broke the deadlock in the 65^th minute when Sascha Marcellin followed Brooklyn Lattier's shot off the post with a header. It is the second goal of the season for Marcellin while Lattier was credited with her RRAC-best ninth assist.

With the Wildcats struggling to put together an offensive front, the Eagles made sure not to give them any breathing room with another goal in the 79^th minute. Johanna Rodriguez put a ball up field to Alyssa Daily, who broke away from the pack and scored her team-leading 10^th goal of the year.

The Eagle defense held LCU to just six shot attempts of which just two were on goal. Ivana Robinson recorded a clean sheet victory in goal with two saves. A&M-Texarkana will be home again Saturday for a 5 pm conference match against LSU-Alexandria.