CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's soccer team suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to the West Florida Argonauts in Gulf South Conference play on a rainy Thursday afternoon at Robert P. Longabaugh Field.

The Choctaws will fall to 6-6-1 overall and 4-5-1 in GSC play.

The Argonauts will improve to 10-3-2 overall and 8-1 in GSC play.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Choctaws came out firing on all cylinders and were able to strike first in the contest in the 10^th minute when Joshua Robinson found Victor Bazan who drilled it by the Argonaut goalkeeper to give MC a 1-0 lead.
- The MC defense would hold that 1-0 lead for the rest of half and the Choctaws went into the final 45 minutes of play with a goal advantage.
- In the second half is where things got intense, The Argonauts were finally able to tie the match in the 78^th minute on a corner kick play when Ed Chappe's cross found the head of Teague Coleman who put it in the net making it 1-1.
- Just three minutes later a foul was called on MC in the box which gave the Argos a chance to take the lead on a penalty kick. Chappe stepped up and did just that putting the ball in the bottom left corner of the net and giving UWF the 2-1 lead.
- Then in the 86^th minute a long ball from Choctaw goalkeeper Goncalo Pernas was able to get behind the defense and find a running Owen Connelly who took the pass, made a move around the keeper and scored what looked to be a match tying goal. However after the goal was scored the referee's reversed the call and said Connelly was offside and the Choctaws weren't able to recover from the call and the match ended 2-1 in favor of West Florida.
 

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KEY STATS
- Victor Bazan's goal was his fourth on the season and that moves him to second on the team for most goals scored in 2018.
- There were six yellow card awarded in the contest, with three going to each team. There were also 21 fouls called in the contest which got slightly heated in the closing moments.
- With the loss, the game against GSC leading Spring Hill becomes a must win for the Choctaws if they want to keep their season alive and make the GSC post-season tournament.
 

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NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will play their regular season finale at Robert P. Longabaugh Field on Saturday Oct. 27^th against Spring Hill at 3:30 P.M. and before Saturday's match against Spring Hill, the Choctaws will be honoring three seniors with "Senior Day" festivities. The three seniors being honored are: Rafael Costa, Andy Alanis and Wanner Paiz.         

 

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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.