ITTA BENA, Miss. --- The Devilettes of Mississippi Valley State University shutout the Lady Golden Lions of the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-0 on Sunday afternoon.

The contest started out slow, however MVSU remained focused, scoring two goals within minutes of each other. Ernestina Abambila earned the first goal for the Devilettes on a pass from Haley Hendricks at the 34:55 mark, Heather Craddock followed with a blazing goal at 35:30 with Laadi Issaka being credited the assist. Abambila finished first half scoring for MVSU at 41:34, Nykosi Simmons assisted.

The final goal of the contest came from Simmons with Hendricks with the assist. Goalkeeper Rita Gyasi recorded five saves.

Head Coach N. Fabio Boateng stated, "UAPB made it difficult in the first 30-minutes, but once we scored the first goal, we settled and played our game. Defensively, we came through with a shutout, I am happy about that.