The Basics
Score: Oral Roberts 4 – Abilene Christian 1
Record: ORU (5-5-1) – ACU (2-2-5)
Location: Elmer Gray Stadium (Abilene, Texas)

ABILENE, Texas – A brace by Kennedy Langebartels propelled the Golden Eagles to a 4-1 win over Abilene Christian Thursday night in Texas.
 
ORU found itself in an early 1-0 deficit after the Wildcats capitalized on a turnover and scored in the 19^th minute. The Golden Eagles, however, remained poised and went right back at ACU. In the 27^th minute, Ariana Fresquez played a long ball to a sprinting Julia Thasaphong. Thasaphong settled the pass and beat her defender towards the goal. At the last second, Thasaphong dumped the pass off to a cutting Langebartels who evened the score 1-1. Just three minutes later, Fresquez lofted in a free kick to the ACU box that found Jordan Grigsby, who headed it into the back of the net. ORU took a 2-1 lead and carried it into the break.
 
Six minutes into the second half, Samantha Guzman controlled the ball in the middle of ACU's side of the field. Guzman found Langebartels crashing towards the goal and the graduate student scored her second goal of the night. In the 54^th minute, Guzman went on the attack again and fired a shot that ricocheted off the left post. Sophomore Luci Rodriguez found herself in the right spot at the right time and fired the missed shot into the upper right corner of the goal, stretching ORU's lead to three. The Golden Eagles dominated possession and played sound defensively for the remainder of the match and earned their third-straight victory.

Inside the Box Score

• The Golden Eagles outshot ACU 17-14 and placed nine shots on goal.
• Langebartels earned her first career brace in tonight's win.
• Langebartels is now tied with Thasaphong and Marcella Alves for the most goals this season with three.
• Grigsby and Rodriguez recorded their first goals of the 2024 campaign.
• Fresquez tallied two assists in tonight's match, the most in one game in her Golden Eagles career.
• Ten different players registered a shot for ORU.
• Both teams took four corner kicks.
• Goalkeeper Alexa Riefer made five saves tonight bringing her season total up to 53.
• Twenty-three Golden Eagles made an appearance in today's match.
• Defender Hannah Voskuhl played a team-high 79 minutes.
• ORU will head into Summit League play with three-straight wins.

Up Next
 
The Golden Eagles will open Summit League play against North Dakota on Thursday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. from the Case Soccer Complex.

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