ALISO VIEJO, CA- The Lady Lions were defeated by the (No.11) Eagles of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 6-2 on Thursday night at the Lion's Den Soccer Stadium.

Soka got on the scoreboard early, after Iris Cox finished her chance off a saved shot by Rhea Hartwell in the 12^th minute of the game.

Embry-Riddle quickly responded back in the 18^th minute, scoring four goals within the next ten minutes of play. Both Embry-Riddle's Maddy Mak, Erica Heil, and Parker Lee produced goals from far-range shots, while Breanna Larkin's goal stemmed from a cross by Riley Martinson, for a 4-1 score at the end of the first-half.

The Lady Lions cut the Eagles lead in half less than ten minutes into the second period, after a dangerous service from Cerelia Maskarinec was tipped away by Mackenzie Osther, and landed in front of Jordan Pritzl inside the six-yard box. Pritzl got her body behind the ball, and tapped in her shot, bringing the score to 4-2 with over thirty minutes left to play.

Despite chances from both sides, the two teams remained at a standstill until the Eagles netted two more goals in the last ten minutes of the match, bringing the final score to 6-2.

The Soka Lions return to action on Saturday, Sept.29^th, in their LGBT SportSafe Pride Night match against the Benedictine University-Mesa Redhawks. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. All fans in attendance will receive a free Soka Athletics Pride wrist band.
 
 
 
 


Notes: This is the 15^th meeting between the Lady Lions and the Eagles… Soka Is now 0-15 against Embry-Riddle…The Eagles outshot the Lions 31-7… Soka's Ashley Bustamante (4) and Alicia Davis (8) made a combined total of 12 saves on the day.