?LAKELAND, FLA.-- The Southeastern University women's soccer team is on the verge of a playoff spot after splitting last week's games against Warner and Webber International. Wednesday night, the Fire will need a win over Ave Maria to remain in the hunt for a bid in The Sun Conference tournament.
In the game against Warner last week, the Fire took the match by a score of 5-3.
Alyssa Kaminski netted the first two goals of the contest, and then
Sydni Brookhouser,
Bre Eldridge, and Shayna goal added scores of their own to provide all the offense the team needed.
Three days later, the Fire went down to Babson Park to take on the Webber International Warriors. The Warriors tacked on a pair of goals before the Fire could answer and ended up dropping the match, 2-1.
Before the last game of the season, the Fire stand at 4-5 in Sun Conference play and 9-6 overall.
The Gyrenes are 2-7 in conference play and 6-9 overall. At 10th place in the conference, they're out of the playoff picture. Alexia Mazzoccone leads the team in goals (8) and shots (37). The last time the Fire and Gyrenes met, the Fire came away with a 2-0 victory. Samantha Pifer and Eldridge had goals in the contest.
Before the game, the seniors will be honored.
Charity Nelson is a transfer from Clearwater Christian College and played sparingly this year. At CCC, she played in 19 games as the goalkeeper and recorded 1,730 minutes, 11 shutouts, 129 saves, and allowed 25 goals.
Tori Irvin spent some time at South Georgia State before transferring to Southeastern. At SGS, she played in 17 games and started eight. She scored a goal, recorded four assists and six points. At SEU, she's played in 22 games and recorded 579 minutes. She scored a goal and recorded 15 shots with six on goal.
Bre Eldridge spent a couple years at Polk State College before transferring to SEU. At Polk, she was All-Region her freshman year; she started 20 games, scored 14 goals, and recorded 13 assists on top of 41 points. At SEU, she's played in 30 games, scored 16 goals and recorded 16 more assists. She has also had
61 SOG and five game-winning goals. Jamie Paton has played in 50 games throughout her Southeastern career and recorded a total 1,075 minutes in 2015. As a defender, she has anchored a back line for the Fire that has earned four shutout victories. Ashley Lopez, like Eldridge, spent time at Polk State College before transferring to Troy University then to SEU. At Polk, she started nine games, scored two goals, recorded an assist, and earned five points. In 2015, she's recorded 312 minutes as a member of the Fire. Wednesday night's game will be starting at 4 p.m. on the SEU soccer field with senior night festivities starting at 3:50 p.m. ?
