CLINTON, Miss, --- The number 22-ranked Mississippi College women's soccer team used a four-goal first period to cruise their way to a 6-1 victory over the Lady Bulldogs of Union University on Sunday in Gulf South Conference action.
                               
TURNING POINT
- Up, 2-0 in the first half, sophomore forward Emma Claire Furman took a pass from junior forward Lauren Smith and delivered a left-footed strike from inside the box to give MC a 3-0 advantage in the 27^th minute. The goal gave the Lady Choctaws enough breathing room to easily finish off the Lady Bulldogs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sophomore midfielder Lauren Kate Carter broke the scoreless tie in the 15^th minute, when she delivered a perfectly-placed strike off of a free kick into the back of the net. The score accounted for Carter's second on the season.
- Just three minutes later, Smith gave MC a 2-0 advantage, when she stole a pass from a Union defender near the box, and slotted her third goal of the season.
- After going up 3-0 off of Furman's score, it was Smith again who found the back of the net for MC. Smith slotted her second goal of the match, with help from Madison Moser, in the 34^th minute to put MC up 4-0.
- Union got on the board early in the second half, when Olivia Schmitke knocked in a goal off of a deflected Lady Bulldog shot.
- Moser knocked in her first goal as a Lady Choctaw in the 66^th minute, when she took a pass from Carter and found paydirt.
- Sophomore midfielder Katie Taylor delivered the final blow for MC in the 84^th minute, when she took a pass from Moser and delivered a low-liner into the Union goal for her second score of the season.
 
KEY STATS
- Smith led all Lady Choctaws with five points on the day, accounting for two goals scored and an assist.
- Moser would go on to finish with four points, with a goal scored and a team-high two assists. 
- The Lady Choctaws outshot the Lady Bulldogs 24 to five. MC took 17 shots in the first period, and seven in the second.
- Fourteen of the Lady Choctaws 24 shots came on frame.
- In Goal, Andrea McDonald grabbed three saves on the afternoon. The junior keeper improved her 2017 record to 6-1-1 overall, while allowing just her second goal of the season in the match.
- MC took seven corner kicks in the match, while holding Union to two.
- MC was tagged for nine fouls, while Union was on the receiving end of seven.
- Union was also tagged for two yellow cards in the contest.
 
MATCH NOTES
- With the win, the Lady Choctaws improve to 8-1-1 overall, and 7-1 in GSC play.
- Sunday's win marks for the Lady Choctaw's fourth-straight victory, marking for a new season-high win streak.
- The Choctaws gave up just their third goal of the season in today's outing. Prior to giving up their lone goal of the day to Union, the Lady Choctaws had gone 326 consecutive minutes of play since their last goal allowed.
 
UP NEXT
- The Lady Choctaws will return to action on Friday, Oct. 6, when they travel to Carrollton, Ga. to take on West Georgia in a GSC matchup. Kickoff is slated for 4:00 p.m.
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC is recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and will be competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.
 
The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.
 
For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or nichols@mc.edu.