MONTGOMERY, Ala. --- The Mississippi College women's soccer team set a program record with their 12^th consecutive victory this Sunday afternoon with a 2-1 double overtime win over Auburn Montgomery.
The Lady Choctaws will improve to 13-1-0 on the year and 11-0 in GSC play.
 
The Warhawks will fall to 2-11-0 on the year and 2-9 in GSC play.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lady Choctaws were the aggressor in the first half of play firing off seven shots but came up empty as the score remained 0-0 after 45 minutes of play.
- In the second half, the Lady Choctaws were able to break the game open in the 65^th minute when Liza Wise stepped up and put in a penalty kick opportunity and gave MC a 1-0 lead.
- Just when it seemed that MC was going to hold on to the 1-0 lead for the victory, a miscommunication error by the Lady Choctaw defense opened the door for the Warhawks' star player Rudy Mendez to score and tie the match at 1-1 in the 75^th minute.
- At the end of regulation, the score was still tied up at 1-1 so the match headed to overtime. After the first overtime period, neither team was able to end the match so it continued to a second overtime period. It didn't take the Lady Choctaws long to finish off the Warhawks in double OT as Marisa Saunders was able to find Katie Taylor who scored the golden goal ending the match and giving MC the 2-1 victory in the 103^rd minute of play.
 

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KEY STATS
- With the victory the Lady Choctaws have now set a new program win streak record with the win over AUM being the teams 12^th in a row.
- The overtime victory was the second time this season that the Lady Choctaws had to have extra time to finish off their opponent, the first came way back in the season opener against Saint Leo.
- For the fourth straight match the Lady Choctaws have been a second half team, scoring all of their goals in the final 45 minutes of play or in overtime as evidenced by Taylor's golden goal in the victory over AUM.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Lady Choctaws will be back in action for the final two games of the regular season next week as they host nationally ranked West Florida on Thursday Oct. 25th and then Spring Hill on Saturday Oct. 27^th
- Before the Spring Hill match, the Lady Choctaws will honor their eight seniors with "Senior Day" festivities. The eight seniors being honored are: Andrea McDonald, Samantha Carson, Peace Gill, Gaylynn Cooper, Lauren Dodge, Julie Reid, Cara Benedict and Lauren Smith.  
 

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Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC 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 2018-19 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.