Lakeland, Fla.- On an evening where the Fire honored 10 graduating seniors, the No. 4 Southeastern University women's soccer team cruised to a 7-0 victory over the Florida Memorial University Lions on Senior Night.
SEU honored a senior class that had been responsible for a 66-8-3 record, two Sun Conference Championships, and back-to-back trips to the NAIA National Championship Final Site each of the past two seasons.
The Fire recorded 22 of their 24 shots and netted six of their seven goals in the first half of play.
Just 41 seconds into the match, senior midfielder
Bania Duran found the back of the net off excellent build-up by senior forward
Uchenna Kanu and senior defender
Siobhan Longmore.
Duran netted her second goal of the match in the 16
th minute, burying her own rebounded shot off the post into the top shelf. Duran pushed her season goal total to 10 on the season.
SEU netted three goals in a span of 2:16 midway through the first half. Senior forward
Rachel Wallace netted her second goal of the season 23
rd minute, Kanu scored her 25
th goal of the season in the 25
th minute, and Longmore found the back of the net in the 26
th minute to put Southeastern ahead of Florida Memorial 5-0.
Freshman forward
Katelyn Edwards scored with seven seconds left in the half to give the Fire a 6-0 advantage going into the locker room.
Freshman forward
Elasha Naylor notched her first collegiate goal in the 55
th minute, the lone SEU score of the second half.
Senior goalkeeper
Maddy Miller recorded three saves in her full-90 shutout.
The Fire head to Thomasville this Wednesday for their next Sun Conference match, a face off against the Thomas University Night Hawks. Game time is set for 3:00 p.m.
