Conway – The Central Arkansas women's soccer team took the field at the Bill Stephens Soccer Complex on Sunday afternoon against Southland Conference foe Incarnate Word. Despite dominating possession, the Bears were unable to find the net, falling to the Cardinals 1-0.

Central Arkansas (5-5-2, 1-1-1 SLC) controlled the game, outshooting Incarnate Word (1-10, 1-3 SLC) 19-10 on the day, and holding the 9-3 edge in shots on goal. The Bears were unable to break through though; missing a penalty kick and seeing the Cardinals make a pair of team saves to keep Central Arkansas off the board.

Incarnate Word broke the scoreless tie in the 81^st minute, as Megan Baker launched a cross from the right wing to Amanda Watkins, who ran the backside of the Central Arkansas line and put the ball away from 12 yards out for the game-winner. "We got stretched on the back a little bit, they played it on our left side and we came across to prevent the cross, but they still got it in," said Central Arkansas head coach Jeremy Bishop of the Cardinals' goal. "We ended up with a one-on-one on the back side and they just beat us to it. You're going to have situations like that and you have to make a play either at the ball or on the cross, but it never should have come down to the that; we should have been able to put several away sooner than that."

Chele Naudin and Alexandra Wurst led the Central Arkansas attack, each placing two shots on goal, while Allie Coleman, Cassie Lange, Alex Moore, Stacia Carroll, and Brooke Ballard each put one shot on frame. Kathryn Mundy had two shots on target for Incarnate Word, while Watkins had one.

"It's been four games in a row where we're playing really good soccer," said Bishop after the match. "It's been probably the best soccer we've played in the three years I've been here. Unfortunately, that's soccer sometimes; you get your chances and they're just not going in right now. We're going to continue to work hard and be positive and it's going to start going our way."

Heather Kowalik earned the win for the Cardinals, making seven saves to earn her first clean sheet of the season, while Anna Hughes took the loss for the Bears, making two saves and allowing one goal.

Central Arkansas hits the road for a pair of games this weekend, both of which will take place in Louisiana. The Bears will take on the Lady Lions of Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, Louisiana at 4:00 PM on Friday night. On Sunday, the Bears will head to Thibodaux, Louisiana to take on the Colonels of Nicholls at 1:00 PM. "Those are both tough places to play and tough teams that are doing well in conference play," said Bishop of the Bears road trip. "It seems like everyone is competitive within the league, and all of the games are going to come down to who's able to capitalize when they get their chances, so hopefully that'll be a bit different than this weekend."