CLINTON, Miss.- The Delta State University men's soccer team held on to tie Mississippi College 1-1 on Friday afternoon after dropping to ten men in the contest. It was the first tie in the series between the Choctaws and the Statesmen.
 
THE BASICS:
Score: Delta State 1, Mississippi College 1
Records: Statesmen 5-6-2/0-5-2 GSC | Choctaws 6-1-4/5-0-2 GSC
Series: MC leads the series 7-4-1
Location | Time: Clinton, Miss. | 3:30 p.m.
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• Mississippi College dominated the early portion of the game out shooting DSU and keeping the pressure early on.
• The middle section of the first half brought forth several opportunities for DSU but could not find the back of the net. Bruno Osorio had an open shot on a pass from Odinn Johannsson but it was saved.
• MC had two corners in the first half and forced several saves from Mattis Kloepper.
• At the 52 minute mark, Owen Howard fouled a MC Player and was shown a red card and the Statesmen were down a man for the last 60 minutes of the game.
• Two minutes later at the 54 minute mark, Tylor Davis took a breakaway and scored the opening goal of the game.
• A hand ball was called in the box on Delta State and MC was awarded a penalty kick in the 83^rd minute. However, Mattis Kloepper stepped up and saved it.
• In the 86^th minute the Choctaws scored the equalizer when Marco Sellan scored off a corner in a crowded box.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• MC outshot DSU 26-9 including 10-5 on target.
• In an extremely physical match there were a combined 40 fouls called. DSU had 25 and MC had 15.
• The Statesmen had five yellow and one red card issued while MC had one yellow card given.

NOTABLES

• Kloepper had nine saves in the game.
• MC had 13 corners to DSU's three.
• This is the first tie in 12 meetings between the two rivals.

 
UP NEXT
Delta State is back at home on Friday, November 1. as they host Montevallo at Delta Field.