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Bronchos use big second half to subdue Incarnate Word, 3-1

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Central Oklahoma blitzed Incarnate Word for two second half to goals to lift the Bronchos to a 3-1 win to advance in the Lone Star Conference Championships Friday afternoon at the MSU Soccer Field.

The Bronchos (10-7-1) will face host Midwestern State in the semifinal round Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

Sophomore Summer Grantham collected a loose ball in the middle box to bang in her sixth goal of the season to give Central Oklahoma a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute.

Incarnate Word struck back for the equalizer in the 37th minute on a breakaway goal by Sarah Hernandez for her eighth tally of the campaign to send the match tied 1-1 into the intermission.

Central Oklahoma surged ahead in the 71st minute when Ashton Morris took a through ball from Stephanie Fleig to put the Bronchos up 2-1 before Brittni Walker buried the Cardinals with a flick of Lizzie Merritt's free kick from 30 yards to give UCO a commanding two-goal lead.

The Bronchos outshot Incarnate Word by a 21-15 margin including a 15-7 edge in the second half.

Incarnate Word ends the season at 9-6-2.
  
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