The Missouri Southern soccer team closed their season today with a 3-0 loss to Central Oklahoma at Hal Bodon Field.
The Bronchos (11-5-2, 7-2-2 MIAA) out shot Southern (2-15-1, 0-10-1 MIAA) 20-8 in the match that saw UCO break the scoreless tie in the 36th minute as Victoria Neblett dribbled into the box from the right side and beat Lions' goalie Shawnee Phillips to the lower left 90. UCO would take advantage of a Southern own goal just four minutes later to take 2-0 lead before Neblett would get her second goal of the match in the 42nd minute off an assist from Katie Killion.
At halftime the Lions honored their seven seniors Michaela Altvater, Kayla Gajewski, Phillips, Kimmy Hulse, Kacie Hulse,Hannah Ishmael and Karley Thomas. Thomas gathered eight goals in her four years at Southern and finishes her career tied for 10th on the MSSU All-time leader board. She is also seventh on the all-time list in assists with 10 and is tenth in total points with 26 (8G, 10A). Karley is a nursing major and has been a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll the previous two seasons.
Michaela is a four year member of the Lions program playing in 68 contests during her time in Joplin. For her career, Michaela has recorded six assists, which sits just outside the top 10 on the career charts for the Lions. She is a physical therapy major with a GPA of 3.8 and has been a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for the past two seasons.
For her career Kimmy has recorded 29 shots, 16 of those have been on goal. Kimmy is a nursing major with a 3.6 GPA, and has been a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for the past two seasons.
Kacie has played in 57 of those combined matches recording 23 shots, 10 on goal for her career as a defender. Kacie is a health science business major with a 3.8 GPA and a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll for the past two seasons.
Hannah is a four year member of the soccer team after coming to Southern from Sand Springs, Oklahoma and Charles Page HS. Hannah has played in 54 matches in her career with her first goal coming this season, an equalizer, against Emporia State to give the Lions a 2-2 draw. Hannah is a foreign language major with a 3.70 GPA.
Kayla is also a four year member of the Lions soccer team playing in 55 matches in her career. Kayla's first goal came back in 2013 on October 11 in a 3-1 loss at Southwest Baptist.
In her lone season in the net for the Lions Shawnee finished sixth in minutes played in a single season (1,666:30) and seventh in the same career category. She also finished fourth in single season saves with 114 and that is also good enough for seventh on the all-time list.
Sophomore Taylor Beck led the Lions with three shots while Gajewski, Kimmy Hulse, and Thomas each added a shot a piece. Phillips played all 90 minutes in the net and recorded 12 saves on the afternoon.
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