Lady Warriors Rebound with Road Win at Morningside

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Freshman Dana Gomez registered the first goal of her career to lift the Midland University women’s soccer team to a 1-0 win over Morningside College in Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) action on Saturday afternoon.
Midland improves to 2-2 on the year while Morningside drops to 2-1-1 overall.
The Warriors outshot the Mustangs 11-7 while both teams sent two shots on goal. Brittany Llanes and Gomez were aggressive up from as they combined for seven of the team’s shots. Llanes registered the assist on Gomez’s golden goal. Rachel Thigpen turned away both shots she faced to pick up the shutout.
The game was aggressive from the start as Morningside racked up four fouls in the opening 15 minutes of play. The Warriors looked to find the go-ahead goal off the foot of Llanes in the 16th minutes, but luck was on the side of the Mustangs as the shot rang off the post. Midland would have their hopes dashed again as a goal was called back by the officials. The teams would battle down the stretch and hold at a 0-0 tie heading into intermission.
Midland began the second half with an opportunity off a corner kick from Kerryn Stigar. Llanes secured possession of the ball, but her shot would travel wide of the goal. A minute later Gomez would tally another near miss as her shot rattled off the crossbar. Another cluster of fouls on Morningside allowed Midland to maintain favorable field position, but yet another shot, this one from Locano, would be rejected by the crossbar. The Warriors would not be denied again as the go-ahead found the back of the net in the 85th minute. A pass from Kisa Omerovic found the foot of Llanes who pushed the ball ahead for Gomez. Gomez controlled the pass and fired away for the eventual game-winner.
Midland (2-2, 2-2 GPAC) will look to add to the win column on Wednesday as they play host to Doane (0-7-1, 0-5-1 GPAC). First kick is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. at Heedum Field.