Junior goalkeeper Holland works hard to get 1st start

The soccer team (4-3-1) routed the Grambling State Tigers on Friday in a 6-0 shutout at the ULM Soccer Complex.

“We were coming out here expecting to play hard and come out on top,” freshman forward Taylor Bonetti said.

Against Grambling, Bonetti scored her fourth goal of the season to give the Warhawks an early 1-0 lead.

Sophomore Taylor Epperson put two more goals on the board in a three-minute span to give the Warhawks a 3-0 lead.

To push the lead more, Alyssa Lopez added a pair of goals and an assist to Alyssa Wooden. Lopez scored her first goal of the game to push the lead to 4-0.

In the 63rd minute, Wooden scored her fifth goal of the season, a team high.

To complete the shutout, junior Alex Holland made her first appearance of the season as goalkeeper.

“The best players are going to play,” coach Stacey Lamb said. “Alex had an outstanding week of training and earned it.”

Lamb said the team has two great goalkeepers who like to compete. She said no matter who is protecting the net, “you will see excellent goalkeeping.”

The Warhawks play their first conference game on the road against Troy on Friday in Troy, Ala.