PNG, Lamar grad earns soccer championship
Published 10:45 pm Thursday, July 26, 2018
Former Port Neches-Groves and Lamar soccer goaltender Lauren Lovejoy made a crucial stop in the Houston Aces’ national championship victory over the Inferno Rush on Sunday in the United Women’s Soccer league.
Lovejoy took the net to begin extra time and tipped over a long-range shot to keep the game scoreless. Julie Gavorski scored in the 118th minute to give Houston a 1-0 win.
It marks the second championship in less than a year for Lovejoy, who helped Lamar win the Southland Conference tournament in November.
The Aces are a charter team in United Women’s Soccer, a pro-am league which was founded in 2015 that helps college players prepare for the fall and post-collegiate players gear for opportunities in the professional and international ranks.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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