TraciMonroe_WSOC_102017
Elisabetta Zengaro
4
Winner Auburn Montgomery AUM (6-8, 5-6 GSC)
2
Delta State University DSU (5-11, 3-9 GSC)
Winner
Auburn Montgomery AUM
(6-8, 5-6 GSC)
4
Final
2
Delta State University DSU
(5-11, 3-9 GSC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Auburn Montgomery AUM 1 3 4
Delta State University DSU 2 0 2

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | J.T. Webb

Auburn Montgomery Comes Back to Defeat Lady Statesmen

CLEVELAND, Mississippi – Auburn Montgomery came back from a pair of deficits to defeat the Delta State University women's soccer team 4-2 in Gulf South Conference action, on Friday at Delta Field.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
 
Final: AUM 4  | DSU 2
Records: Warhawks (6-8, 5-6 GSC) | AUM (5-11, 3-9 GSC)
Location: Delta Field | Cleveland, Miss.
Series: Tied 1-1
Get Social: @DeltaStateWSOC 


HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Delta State struck first, in the 12th minute, when Traci Monroe took a cross from Diana Okechukwu and calmly put it past the goalkeeper.
  • Ruby Mendez scored the equalizer for AUM in the 31st minute, as her shot from just inside the box found its way home.
  • DSU regained the lead less than one minute late when, Jasmine McGill took a long pass from Cat Buckley and chipped the ball over the keeper from the right side.
  • The Lady Statesmen outshout the visitors by a 16-3 margin in the opening half, forcing five saves from AUM keeper Felicia Wester.
  • AUM tied the game in the 55th minute when Mendez took advantage of a defensive miscue and put it past a diving Ana Branch.
  • The visitors took the lead for good just more than six minutes later when Stine Svaerke took a through ball from Mendez and put a hard shot into the left side of the goal.
  • Svaerke put the game away in the 82nd minute when she took a pass from Astrid Nilsson and beat the keeper to the left.
  • Morgan Glenn earned the victory in goal for the visitors, as she had one save in the second half. Branch had two stops in the loss.

STAT OF THE GAME:
  • After being outshot 16-3 in the first half, AUM outshot the Lady Statesmen 11-6 in the second 45 minutes.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
  • With her seventh goal of the season, McGill has moved into a tie for fifth in the DSU single season season record book.
  • Lakyn Cryder played in the 63rd game of her career, which is fifth in school history.
  • The Lady Statesmen remain one victory away from tying the school record for most GSC victories in a season (4).
 
UP NEXT: The Lady Statesmen are scheduled to host Montevallo on Sunday, Oct. 22, where they will honor nine seniors before the contest. The match is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
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