The Oglethorpe women's soccer team hung tough all afternoon against Hendrix on Senior Day at the Oglethorpe Track and Field Sunday, but the visiting Warriors tallied a couple of second half goals to pull away from the Stormy Petrels, winning 3-0. The defeat dropped the Petrels to 1-8 on the season overall and 0-4 in SAA play.

Hendrix got off to a good start in this one, finding the opening tally in the seventh minute. However, the Oglethorpe defense held for the remainder of the period and the visitors led just 1-0 at the halftime break. Petrel sophomore goalkeeper Tabitha Floyd made four saves in the opening period of play and freshman forward Kayla Trice made several runs up the field on the counterattack, forcing the Hendrix goalkeeper to make a save on one of them. 

The Petrels continued to hold on in the opening 10 minutes of the second half, but the Warriors finally broke through in the 58th minute, doubling their advantage. Oglethorpe got more offense going in the second half, as they fired five shots and put two of them on target, but Hendrix put the game away with a third goal in the 62nd minute of play. 

For the game, Hendrix outshot Oglethorpe 27-6, including 9-3 in shots on target. Hendrix won nine corner kicks to Oglethorpe's two, as well. Floyd finished the contest with six saves, while sophomore forward Lauren Bacque fired two shots and put both on goal. Senior forward Beatrice Menjor, who was honored before the game for her contributions to the Oglethorpe women's soccer program, fired two shots and put one on target. 

"It's been kind of a tough weekend for us," said Oglethorpe head coach Wes Anania, "but I think that we did some things well today that we can take into next weekend's games. We've got three conference games left, so we'll look to play our best three games of the season as we go down the stretch."

The Petrels will next be in action on Friday night, when they travel to Birmingham, Alabama, to take on Birmingham-Southern at 6 p.m. Eastern. After that, they'll continue to Jackson, Mississippi, to go against Millsaps at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday. They have one more home game remaining on the year, a non-conference tilt against Brenau at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19.