Halbert (Barry)
1
Mississippi College MC (1-1-0)
2
Winner Barry BARRY (2-0-0)
Mississippi College MC
(1-1-0)
1
Final
2
Barry BARRY
(2-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 OT 1 F
Mississippi College MC 0 1 0 1
Barry BARRY 0 1 1 2

Game Recap: Men's Soccer | | David Nichols --- Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications

Choctaws Fall in Overtime at Barry, 2-1

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. --- The Mississippi College men's soccer team dropped a hard-fought road match to Barry University, 2-1, in overtime on Saturday afternoon at Buccaneer Field.

The Choctaws fell to 1-1 on the season, while the Bucs improved to 2-0 with wins over Delta State and MC to open the year.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED
- The match would go into the half scoreless with the Choctaws putting a pair of shots on goal and goalkeeper Keaton Halbert making three saves against the Bucs.
- Barry would open the scoring in the 69th minute when Ander Urkidi found the back of the net on a double-assist from James Kirkham and Amponsah Asamoah.
- The Choctaws would strike back with the equalizer in the 84th minute as Wanner Paiz scored a clutch goal on an assist from Andy Alanis.
- The game would remain tied over the final six minutes of regulation and head to overtime with the score tied at 1-1.
- It did not take long for the Bucs to end the match as Francisco Greco took advantage of a turnover at midfield and scored from about 26 yards away.
 

KEY STATS
- Halbert would finish the night with six saves on 13 total shots with eight coming on goal.
- Paiz had a team-best two shots on goal, while Owen Connelly and Victor Bazan took two shots of their own.
- Both teams had three yellow cards in the match, while the Bucs had 15 fouls to 11 for the Choctaws.
 

NEXT UP
- The Choctaws will be back in action this Friday when they travel to Searcy, Ark. to face Harding University.
 

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.

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