It's not just
Aaliyah Lewis who is doing the scoring for the Alabama State women's soccer team these days.Â
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Little by little, her vivacious teammates
Shelbi Vienna-Hallam and
Kayla Edwards have crept higher up the SWAC individual scoring leaderboard as the Lady Hornets (8-9 overall, 5-3 SWAC) have profited from a togetherness that has help skyrocket the team up the conference standings.Â
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While Lewis sits atop of her perch in the SWAC with 32 points, Vienna-Hallam has methodically moved up to fourth in the conference in scoring with 16 points (four goals and eight assists). Edwards is right alongside her and in a four-way tie for fifth in scoring in the conference with 14 points (six goals, two assists).Â
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The boost in offensive production has resulted in six straight matches in which ASU has scored at least twice. The five-match winning streak makes ASU the hottest team in the SWAC. Howard holds the second longest win streak. The Lady Bison have currently won three straight.Â
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Alabama State has become one of the strongest offensive teams in the conference. The Lady Hornets now rank third in the SWAC in goals (26) and only trail Prairie View A&M, who leads the SWAC with 34. ASU is only one goal behind Jackson State (27).Â
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The Lady Hornets are also second in points in the conference with 74. Prairie View A&M is holding the top spot with 87 points.Â
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Alabama's State 3-1 victory against Mississippi Valley State bolted the Lady Hornets into the third spot in the SWAC standings.Â
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The standings remain very much bundled with much to be determined.Â
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ASU (5-3 SWAC) moved past both Texas Southern and Southern after each team lost on Friday.Â
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With two conference games remaining for each team, ASU has 15 points while both Texas Southern (4-2-2 SWAC) and Southern (4-2-2 SWAC) have 14 points apiece. Jackson State (4-2-1) is still in the mix with three games remaining and 13 points.
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Howard (8-1-1 SWAC) and Prairie View A&M (6-1-1) will be looking to lock up the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds for the SWAC Tournament.  Â
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On Sunday, ASU will look to keep their win streak intact when SWAC foe Alcorn State (0-11 overall, 0-8 SWAC) visits Montgomery. Start time is scheduled for 1 p.m.Â
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The Lady Braves are coming off a 6-1 loss at Alabama A&M on Friday night. Shaquita Kelly scored on an assist from Viktoriya Mihaylov to lead Alcorn in the match.Â
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Live tweets with updates during the match can be found on
https://twitter.com/ASUBUZZ. Live stats can be followed on
http://www.sidearmstats.com/alasu/wsoc/Â
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