No walk in the park: SU Soccer downs Grambling State in home play

The Southern University Women’s Soccer team (1-6, 1-0) hosted Grambling State University (0-3, 0-1) on Friday, September 23 2016 as its SWAC home opener. fans attended the rainy day game to see the Lady Jaguars slide past the GSU Tigers 5-1 in their first win.
Unlike previous games, the Jaguars and Tigers attempted for nearly the same amount of shots in Friday’s effort. SU attempted 10 while GSU attempted 9. Sophia Zavala, a freshman native of California, rallied for the Lady Jaguars scoring 4/5 goals for the night. The first half was dominated by Southern U. With less than five minutes into play, Freshman Forward Sophia Zavala of SUBR scored the first goal of the game after an assist from Junior Midfielder Jessica Persico. Grambling would hold off the Jaguars for another 35 minutes before Nasheka Doyley, a Junior Forward, managed to put another goal on the board with an assist from her fellow forward ,Nickesha Williamson.
Jennifer LeSage of Grambling State University served as Goal Keeper for the entire 90 minutes of the game. Southern directly attempted 5 goals, she saved 2. SU Goal Keeper, Victoria Mendes, saved three goals after 4 attempts were made on target. Just less than 5 minutes into the second half, Sophia Zavala, scored yet another goal for SUBR. After a foul, yellow card, and offside against Grambling, Southern continued its streak after a corner kick attempted by Jessica Perisco led to a Header Goal by Sophia Zavala, leaving the score 4-0 just a little over 20 minutes left to play.
One minute following the Header Goal by SUBR, Grambling scored its first goal of the game. Savannah John, who serves as a forward, allotted for Grambling’s first and only goal of the night after an unsuccessful corner kick attempt by Damilola Akano. This goal was the first of the season for the Junior Forward. 84 minutes and 55 seconds into the game (less than 6 minutes left of play), Sophia Zavala scored the last goal for Southern of the night (5-1). Zavala ended the game with a game and career high of four goals. Some mentionable players include Victoria Mendes, Jessica Perisco, and Nasheka Doyley for Southern University.
The Lady Jaguars are set to take on The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff on Sunday, September 25 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.