SAINT LEO, Fla. - The Saint Leo women's soccer team defended its home field on Saturday evening, as they topped the visiting Lynn University Fighting Knights, 3-1. The Lions move to 4-2-1, 2-0 in Sunshine State Conference action.

The Basics
Final Results: Saint Leo tops Lynn, 3-1
Where: University Soccer Field, Saint Leo, Fla.
Record: SLU 4-2-1, 2-0 SSC | LU 0-5-1, 0-2 SSC

How It Happened

13' | Katie Waddell (Jr., MF, Nottingham, England) get teh lions on the scoreboard first with a penalty kick after Genevieve Gignac (Jr., F, Ottawa, Ontario) drew a Lynn penalty in the box. |SLU 1-0|
15' | Just two minutes later, the Fighting Knights tied it up with a goal form Donish Cole. Cole received a cross from Kelly Field deep inside the SLU penalty box. |1-1|
30' | With 15:12 left in the half, Lightning in the area forced both team, and fans to exit the stadium for a 50 minute delay.
31' | Following the delay, Saint Leo's Selena Jaimes (Jr., D, Apopka, Florida) lined up to take a direct kick of a LU penalty that was issued before the lightning delay. Jaimes connected on the free kick to break the tie. |SLU 2-1|
72' |  Kristin Nerman (Jr., D, Stockholm, Sweden) took the ball low in to Lynn's side of the field, and served the ball high into the box. Gignac fond the ball and knocked it in for the game-sealing goal. |SLU 3-1|

Points to Note 

• Waddell had two goals on the season now, and both have been off of penalty kicks.
• Jaimes also added her second goal of the season, but for the defender, she has now doubled her career-total. She recorded one goal in her freshman season, and now has three total.
• Gignac has a team-high six goals this season, that matches her career-season high from 2013-14.

Coach's Quotes

 "Great start to the game, the girls came out firing. We knew Lynn would be a tough team, their record certianly does not reflect how good they are. We knew they would fight until the very end, they have out-shot all but one team they have played, we knew what sort of event this would be, especially with Joe [Connon] coming from there. We knew that one goal would not be enough so we kept on pushing, and Lynn kept defending resolutely."

For the Opponent

Cole's lone goal of the game, was her second goal of the season.
Lynn was forced to make a keeper change early, and freshman Alexa Downie recorded 82 minutes

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