Conway – The Central Arkansas women's soccer team took the field for a final tune-up before Southland Conference play begins next weekend, hosting the Mississippi Valley State Devilletes at the Bill Stephens Soccer Complex. The Bears got a hat-trick from Shelby Wilson, along with goals from Camille Bassett and Dayna Mounie, downing the Devilettes 5-2.

Central Arkansas (3-5) dominated possession all day, but was unable to find a goal until the 34^th minute, when Alex Moore played ball across the MVSU box to Mounie, who tapped it in from three yards out for her first goal of the season. "We did a great job of getting in, getting around the corner, and getting a good cross in," said Central Arkansas head coach Jeremy Bishop.

The Bears came out of the halftime break on fire, as Wilson fielded a deflection of Ashley Smith's shot and put it away from six yards out to make the UCA lead 2-0 in the 47^th minute.

Just two minutes later, Jessica Pantuso played a ball forward to Wilson, who took a pair of dribbles and fired a rocket from 22yards out for her second goal of the day.

In the 58^th minute, Bassett picked up her first collegiate goal, gathering a pass from MaKayla Wilson and dribbling into the box, where she fired just inside the back post to push the Central Arkansas lead to 4-0. "Coming in and when we were recruiting her, we thought that Cami could be a goal-scorer for us," said Bishop. "On that goal she showed a lot of the things that we think she can do; good pace and good finish. She's had some good opportunities this season, I think she hit the bar on Friday night, but she hasn't been able to get them in so far."

Wilson completed the hat trick in the 61^st minute, when she received a pass from Smith and beat the keeper to the near post. "That's a special mark to get three in a game," said Bishop. "Really all season long Shelby has been doing a good job of putting herself in and giving herself good scoring chance, and today she was able to put them away."

MVSU (2-5) got late from Nykosi Simmons and Mariana Balbao, but could not pull closer than 5-2.

"We definitely wanted on the winning side of things today, and thought that it was a decent chance for us to do that," said Bishop, "but I would have liked for us to have done it sooner, as far as getting the ball in the net. But it was good that we got it going in the second half and found ways to put the ball away."

Central Arkansas took 26 shots on the day, putting 13 of them on frame. Wilson led the attack with four shots on goal, while Smith and Bassett each added three shots on target. In goal for the Bears, Anna Hughes made five saves in 68 minutes, while Sarah Mayorga allowed a pair of goals and made one save over the remaining 22 minutes.

The Bears open SLC play on the road next weekend, travelling to Huntsville, Texas for a matchup against Sam Houston State on Friday. Kickoff is set for 6:30 PM. "A lot of people are expecting Sam Houston to do well in conference play this year," said Bishop. "Road games are tough anyway, and their even tougher in conference play, so we'll have to come ready to play.":