Kansas City, Mo. The Central Methodist University women's soccer team scored their first goal four minutes into Tuesday's matinee match, on their way to a 2-0 victory over Avila University.
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With the victory, Central Methodist improves to 10-5-2 overall and 6-2-1 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. With the loss, Avila falls to 4-10-2 overall and 2-7-0 in The Heart.
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The Lady Eagles struck in the fourth minute, when Nicki Noreen found Zendy Montalvo to give CMU the 1-0 advantage.
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Central Methodist struck for their second goal of the match in the 20^th minute, when Nicki Noreen scored. Noreen missed her first shot on goal, got her own rebound and the put back was good to give CMU a 2-0 lead.
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The second half featured sound defense and Central Methodist hung on for the 2-0 victory.
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In the win, CMU outshot Avila 11-8.
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Amy Clason-Messina picked up the victory in goal for Central Methodist while recording a save.
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The Lady Eagles close out the 2015 regular season portion of their schedule this Saturday at MidAmerica Nazarene University. Saturday's match is schedule to begin at 1pm.
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