Late Goals Lift Eureka Past Maranatha Baptist

EUREKA, Ill. – The Eureka women's soccer team struck twice late to secure a 3-1 victory over Maranatha Baptist in Saturday's senior day matchup.

Eureka (2-4-0) opened the scoring in the 12th minute when Melanie Lopez (Aurora, Ill./East Aurora) found the back of the net for her first career goal off a pass from Ella Mohebbi (Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch). Maranatha Baptist (0-5-0) responded in the 26th minute with a goal from Amelia Schroeder to level the match ahead of the halftime break.

In the second half, the Red Devils pushed for a winning goal, but Maranatha held firm defensively. In the 81^st minute, Addison Byers (Flushing, Mich./Flushing) finally found the breakthrough with a goal, once again assisted by Mohebbi. Just two minutes later, Byers set up Daphne Collette (Murray, Utah/Murray) for a third goal to seal the win for the Red Devils.

Goalkeeper Hannah Jachimiak (Arvada, Colo./Ralston Valley) made two saves and earned the win in net, while Eureka outshot Maranatha 11-6 and held an 8-3 edge in shots on goal.

Prior to kickoff, Eureka honored and celebrated its senior class: Hope Binder (Bartonville, Ill./Limestone), Logan Webster (Charleston, Ill./Charleston), Kateland Williams (Queen Creek, Ariz./American Leadership Academy), and Abby Mitchell (Peoria, Ill./Illinois Valley Central).

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Eureka will look to build on the momentum as they host Andrews on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. The Red Devils defeated Andrews 4-0 earlier in the season on the road.