Jaguars fall to Colonels:Southern University’s Women’s Soccer Team Takes a Hard Loss on The Road against Nicholls State

On the road, it’s never safe to say that every game will become a win, but for the Southern University women’s soccer team, it has become a fight for glory, for a chance to reach a higher pinnacle since the previous season.
Late Sunday afternoon on August 30, the Lady Jaguars traveled to Thibodaux, Louisiana to face Nicholls State University. The team put forth a much more preponderant effort than in the previous games, having lost both of them by three or more in the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Tournament last weekend. An effort was shared in both halves but still Southern came up short, resulting in a 0-2 defeat. Both goals were unassisted by Nicholls.
First goal was attributed at 57:24 by Spencer Valdespino, which made for her third goal of the season. The second goal was scored not too much later at 61:30 by Bethany Holler, which made for her first goal of the season.
Southern’s defense was nothing less than tenacious for the first half. The Jaguars didn’t allow any points on the board for the first 57 minutes of the game. The defense held onto the rest of game and didn’t attribute to any more points.
The Lady Colonels outshot the Jaguars by 28, attempting 30 goals while Southern only attempted two. Jamie Blackston, a senior forward from New Orleans, Louisiana took those only two attempts.
Being outshot allowed sophomore and Canadian native Kendra Lewis, who started at goalie, to act as a defensive powerhouse, finishing with 15 saves this game. The loss of graduating senior, Sarah Forde, was apparent as the new goalie sets her foot into the dirt to accost for some vicious saves. Forde left her last season only touching the SWAC tournament. Lewis has now a heavy responsibility on the team being the only person that fits the job description.
There were three yellow cards in total and SU took home two of them. Those two were by Blackston and freshman midfielder Jah-Nya Press.
Whilst still a loss on the road, Southern put an effort forward in competitive play in the non-conference matchup and at the beginning of every season, there’s trails and tribulations to face on the road. Southern to buckle down has to put everything on the dirt because to make an appearance in conference once again.
Southern now falls (0-3) in which look to improve their offense when they take on their next opponent, Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, Louisiana whom is apart of the Southland conference. The away game is set to take place on Tuesday September the 1 at 7pm.