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OC sophomore Rubi Villegas Aguilar (facing camera) celebrates with teammate Kylee Ingalls after Villegas Aguilar scored in the first half against Rogers State.

Women's Soccer

Lady Eagles dominant in win over Rogers State

OC sophomore Rubi Villegas Aguilar (facing camera) embraces teammate Kylee Ingalls after Villegas Aguilar scored in the first half against Rogers State.
Box Score OKLAHOMA CITY (Sept. 29, 2016) – During a critical week of their season, the Oklahoma Christian Lady Eagles now are a perfect 2-for-2.

OC posted perhaps its most dominant performance of the campaign so far on Thursday at the Eagle Soccer Field, controlling the action all the way and picking up goals from Michell Fuentes, Rubi Villegas Aguilar and Kylee Ingalls en route to a 3-0 win over Rogers State.

OC (4-6, 2-4 Heartland Conference) has won consecutive games for the first time in 2016 and, more importantly, beat a Rogers State team that figures to battle OC for one of four spots in the Heartland's postseason tournament.

"That was definitely a win we needed to have, if we're going to do the things that we've talked about," OC coach Randall Robison said. "I'm really happy with the girls. They did really well. I think 11 different girls had shots tonight, which is a lot different than what we did last year and it's something we've worked on a lot. It's good to see some of the things that we've really focused on kind of come to fruition."

Defensively, the Lady Eagles limited Rogers State (4-4-1, 1-4-1) to only seven shots, and few if any were dangerous, as OC goalkeeper Carina Schanz needed to make but three saves during her 78 minutes in goal. Freshman Addison Milner played the rest of the way in relief of Schanz and faced only two shots, neither of them on goal. They combined on the team's second shutout of the season.

Meanwhile, OC scored three goals and could have had as many as six if not for Rogers State goalkeeper Taylor Stover, who made nine saves, a couple of the spectacular variety.

All that said, the game started painfully slow on both sides, as neither the Hillcats nor OC managed a shot during the first 16 minutes of the game. The first shot ended up being the first goal, as Fuentes headed in a corner kick by Lauren Parker in the 17th minute to put OC ahead.

"That was definitely the catalyst to get everyone going," Robison said.

Villegas Aguilar, considered one of the Heartland's most dynamic players, showed in the 38th minute why she's earned that respect. She drove about 40 yards downfield, juked Rogers State defender Jasmine Guerra in the penalty box, then fired a laser from about eight yards out into the net, past a defenseless Stover, for her fourth goal of the season.

Ingalls' goal, in the 64th minute, came from distance, on a volley from about 30 yards out into the upper left corner of the net. Darrian Palacios narrowly missed making it 4-0 in the 78th minute, but her shot glanced off the right post. OC finished the game with 20 shots, 12 of those on goal.

OC will look to make it three straight wins on Saturday, when it will host Newman (Kan.) at noon in another key conference game.

"The teams get tougher and tougher as we keep going," Robison said. "It's good timing for us to be playing this well and hopefully we can just continue that on as we go.

"What we've stressed with the girls is playing well is great and getting wins, obviously, is great, but we've got to make sure we beat the teams that we're competing against. Newman is definitely one of those."

Randall Robison discusses the win: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1OZZ4i51ko&feature=youtu.be
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Players Mentioned

Darrian Palacios

#12 Darrian Palacios

MF
5' 3"
Sophomore
Carina Schanz

#1 Carina Schanz

GK
5' 7"
Sophomore
Rubi Villegas Aguilar

#7 Rubi Villegas Aguilar

F
5' 4"
Sophomore
Addison Milner

#0 Addison Milner

GK
5' 8"
Freshman
Kylee Ingalls

#5 Kylee Ingalls

F
5' 4"
Freshman
Lauren Parker

#16 Lauren Parker

MF
5' 3"
Sophomore
Michell Fuentes

#24 Michell Fuentes

D
5' 6"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Darrian Palacios

#12 Darrian Palacios

5' 3"
Sophomore
MF
Carina Schanz

#1 Carina Schanz

5' 7"
Sophomore
GK
Rubi Villegas Aguilar

#7 Rubi Villegas Aguilar

5' 4"
Sophomore
F
Addison Milner

#0 Addison Milner

5' 8"
Freshman
GK
Kylee Ingalls

#5 Kylee Ingalls

5' 4"
Freshman
F
Lauren Parker

#16 Lauren Parker

5' 3"
Sophomore
MF
Michell Fuentes

#24 Michell Fuentes

5' 6"
Junior
D