OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City women's soccer closes out its home regular-season schedule this week with games against Central Christian on Tuesday and Wayland Baptist on Saturday.
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Both matches begin at 5 p.m.
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The Stars remained unbeaten in the Sooner Athletic Conference with a 1-0 win at Mid-America Christian on Saturday, improving to 9-2-2 overall and 4-0-2 in the league. The win on Saturday clinched a playoff spot for OCU, which now turns its attention to taking host spots for the SAC Tournament.
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OCU is third in the SAC standings, four points behind John Brown and one behind WBU and one point ahead of USAO.
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The Stars are led by
Yami Ponce with seven goals and
Jade Flower with four.
Reese Roberts,
Kayleigh Haygood,
Ali Daugherty,
Amelia Horsford,
Mackenzie Lehnus and
Louyse Souza have three each. Roberts and
Karima Marhabi have four assists each.
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Candela Blanco enters the week with a 1.09 goals-against average and 38 saves.
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Central Christian is 0-13 on the season and 0-6 in the SAC. Cora Harrison leads the team with four goals. The Tigers allow six goals per game. OCU won last season at CCCK, 3-0 and lead the all-time series 8-1
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Wayland Baptist is 8-4-1 overall and 5-1 in the SAC. The Pioneers have won their last four contests by a 23-1 margin.
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WBU, which hosts John Brown on Wednesday, is led by Tannia Diaz with seven goals and Camila Zavala with five. Erin Carr has four assists. Ashley Lopez has allowed one goal per game.
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The Stars lead the all-time series 22-4, including a 3-0 win last season in which Haygood and Daugherty scored goals.
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