PORTALES, NM – The Eastern New Mexico women's soccer team took on the fifth nationally-ranked team in the country, Dallas Baptist University, on Saturday afternoon in Greyhound Stadium. The Patriots handed the Hounds a 3-0 loss.

DBU's Ashley Merrill headed in a long cross from Summerlyn Heller just over six minutes into the contest to put her team up 1-0.

In the 20th minute, Jenna Patterson made a run towards the goal and found the back of the net to extend the DBU advantage to 2-0.

The Patriots saw one more goal in the first half, this time off the foot of S. Heller to take a 3-0 lead.

DBU's offense continued to set the pace in the second half but the Greyhound defense stood strong to keep them off the board through the remainder of the contest.
 

NOTABLE STATS

• The Patriots held a 17-9 overall shot advantage, and led in shots on goal, 9-4.
• Offensively for the Hounds, Katey Stice paced the team with three shots, while Kelsey Medina had two.
• Whitney Dockweiler made six saves for Eastern in net.
• For DBU, Hailey Brown recorded four saves to earn the shutout.

 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Greyhounds shift to 2-11-1 overall on the season and 0-8-1 in Lone Star Conference play.
• Dallas Baptist University is now 13-2-0 overall and 9-1-0 in the conference.
• The Patriots hold a 4-0 overall series lead with today's win.
• Eastern is back in action on Wednesday, October 27 for a 4 p.m. contest at West Texas A&M University.