News from The Nest: Oklahoma Wesleyan Eagles back on track; ladies' teams dominate
Following is a roundup of the latest sports news from Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
MEN’S SOCCER
Sterling (Kan.) College’s men’s soccer team suffered an unfortunate twist of bad timing.
The Warriors traveled last weekend to Bartlesville to take on a galvanized OKWU team in the midst of the program’s longest losing streak since 2012.
OKWU took out its frustration by clobbering Sterling, 4-0, in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference showdown.
With the win, the Eagles improved to 2-3-1 and posted their first victory in September.
Stefan Cvetanovic dialed in two goals to lead the blistering 21-shot barrage. Ziatan Ramic and Victor Crispim each added one goal. Pol Mur, Uros Rosic and Miodrag Bankovic rack up an assist apiece.
Ilija Catic played the distance in goal for OKWU; he made three saves.
Next up, the Eagles — who are coached by Jamie Peterson — jam into the bus for a Wednesday match at Tabor (Kan.) College. OKWU’s next home game is set for Sept. 28 against Saint Mary.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
OKWU players just doesn’t know how to handle losing. That’s because they haven’t had to.
The Lady Eagles improved to 6-0-0 with perhaps the program’s most lopsided win ever — 16-0 against Sterling (Kan.) College.
Laura Maria snapped off a career-high six-goal barrage to lead the assault. Joelle Meister added three goals, followed by Juliana Viera and Jenna Vick with two apiece. Viera also handed out four assists, followed by Tania Mocholi with two.
Another definition of dominance? Neither of the Lady Eagle goalies (Nerea Perez Mora and Aida Sanchez) had to make a save.
The Lady Eagles, who are coached by Ivan Ristic, are ranked No. 8 in the nation in the NAIA women’s soccer poll.
On Monday, Maria became the first Lady Eagle to be awarded a Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference women's soccer weekly honor.
The senior — one of the nation's most prodigious offensive forces — nailed down the KCAC Offensive Player of Week. During two matches last week she tallied seven goals and handed out two assists.
VOLLEYBALL
Just 29 days into the season and the Oklahoma Wesleyan University volleyball team has attained 20 wins.
On Saturday, the Lady Eagles (20-1) zapped Haskell, 3-1, and thumped Baptist Bible, 3-0.
OKWU def. Haskell, 25-13; 25-16, 26-28, 25-10: Lauren McKinney crushed 20 kills, followed by Maddy McKinney with 10 and Tijana Stojilijkovic with eight to lead OKWU. Sydney Collins and Addie Mathias both amassed 26 assists, while Andjela Micunovic record 19 digs. Collins and Valeria Perez each added 11 digs and Kourtney Kelley made 10.
OKWU def. Baptist Bible (Mo.), 25-11, 25-7, 25-11: Lauren McKinney continued her hitting assault by spiking 13 kills, followed by Mathias with six and Daisy Scott with five. Collins checked in with 17 assists while Allison Howard made eight. Micunovic and Scott delivered 16 and 14 digs, respectively.
Women's golf
The Lady Eagle linksters won the championship of hte Ottawa Fall Invitational, led by Gracee Hilburn (first place. 155) and Avery Clevenger (third place, 163). Rounding out the team's results were: Tiffani Najera (166), Nina Allis (167) and Sylvia Moss (184).
OKWU won by an incredible margin of 192 strokes.
Men's golf
Paced by Nolan Pope and Liam Currid, the Eagles finished fourth at the Ottawa (Kan.) Fall Invitational.
Pope finished fourth, Currid grabbed sixth and Connor Herzberg pulled out 32nd. Rounding out the Eagles' top five were freshmen Hayden Woelk (18th) and Trevor Melton (24th).
This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: OKWU soccer, volleyball teams dominate in weekend action
