Box Score

HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana junior goalkeeper Lacey Bockhaus took sole possession of the school's career shutout record and sophomore forward Maiya Cooper scored two goals to help the Lady Lion women's soccer team remain undefeated with a 4-0 win over Southern Sunday afternoon at the Southeastern Soccer Complex.

The Lady Lions (4-0) completely dominated the match versus the visiting Lady Jaguars (0-3-1), opening the season with four straight victories for the third time in school history. Southeastern kept the ball on its side of the field virtually the entire match and out-shot Southern, 42-0. The shot total was the fourth-highest single-match total in school history and Southeastern also attempted 15 corner kicks – the fourth-most in school history.

The back line of junior Kyle MacIntosh, senior Brittany Prieto, senior Nicole Brannigan and freshman Shanyce Shaw helped the Lady Lions to their school-record fourth straight shutout to open the season by holding Southern without a shot.

Bockhaus has been in goal for every minute of the previous four shutouts and broke a tie for the school career record with former Lady Lion Nicole Helmig by recording her 25th career shutout. The San Leandro, Calif. native needs one more shutout to surpass the Southland Conference career record of 25.5 shutouts held by former Stephen F. Austin goalie Natascia Michalezki.

Cooper, the Lady Lions' leading scorer as a freshman in 2009 with 14 goals, led the Southeastern offensive attack after being held scoreless in the first three matches of 2010. MacIntosh and senior Natalie Santana also found the net for Southeastern. Brannigan, Prieto, sophomore Kerry McWhirter and sophomore Karly Dagys were all credited with assists.

“We had a very solid team performance today that we were very pleased with,” Southeastern head coach Blake Hornbuckle commented. “Individually, Natalie and Lauren Stillians were fantastic in the central midfield and controlled the flow of the game.

“We were also pleased with the work and effort of Maiya up top,” Hornbuckle added. “We're very pleased at Lacey become the sole school shutout record holder. She's been tremendous in goal all season.”

Southeastern jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute. MacIntosh slid in behind the Southern defense and knocked in a perfectly placed corner kick from McWhirter for her first goal of the season. The assist was the team-high fourth for McWhirter.

The score would remain the same heading into halftime, despite the Lady Lions attempting 23 first-half shots. Southern goalkeeper D'nae Capron, who finished the match with 14 saves, made several good stops, while the Lady Lions also had numerous tries sail just off frame.

Southeastern doubled their lead early in the second half. Brannigan penetrated hard down the right flank and sent a cross towards the Southern goal. Cooper was right there to head it in and put the Lady Lions up, 2-0 in the 48th minute.

Cooper struck again in the 66th minute, taking a pass from Prieto deep in the box and sending it past Capron for a three-goal Lady Lion advantage. The goal was the 16th of Cooper's career, moving her into a tie for 10th place in school history with former Lady Lion Kristin McDonald.

Santana closed out the scoring in the 70th minute, finishing a Dagys corner kick. With the score, Santana became the seventh player in school history to reach 20 career goals and moved past former Lady Lion Ashley Strine into sixth place on the Southeastern career list with 62 points.

Southeastern will be back in action on Wednesday, hosting Southern Miss at 4:30 p.m. at the Southeastern Soccer Complex.