CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's soccer team scored in the final minutes of regulation to play rival Delta State to a 1-1 draw on Thursday afternoon at Robert P. Longabaugh Field.

The Choctaws (6-1-4, 5-0-2 GSC) stayed unbeaten in conference play and kept the Statesmen (5-6-2, 0-5-2 GSC) winless in league matches.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The two Magnolia State rivals played physical soccer for 110 minutes and the match would go into the halftime break with a scoreless tie.
  - In the 52nd minute, the Statesmen brought down an attacking Choctaw and Owen Howard was issued a red card, forcing DSU to play a man down the rest of the match.
  - Less than three minutes later, however, Tylor Davis was able to take advantage of an MC mistake and give the Statesmen the 1-0 lead with a breakaway goal in the 55th minute.
  - They would continue to stymie the MC offense over the next 30 minutes, looking to pull off an upset victory playing shorthanded.
  - The Choctaws looked poised to tie the match in the 84th minute when a hand-ball in the box gave senior Owen Connelly a penalty kick, but goalkeeper Mattis Kloepper made a diving save to keep DSU in the lead.
  - Junior Marco Sellan would score the game-tying goal, however, in the 87th minute as he found a loose ball in the box and put it into the back of the net.
  - The Choctaws dominated play in the overtime periods with seven shots to none for DSU, but the match would end in a 1-1 draw.
 

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KEY STATS
  - The Choctaws put up 26 total shots with 10 on goal, while the Statesmen had nine shots with five on net.
  - MC had 13 corner kicks in the match, while DSU had three.
  - Connelly led the Choctaws with eight total shots and five on goal.
  - Junior Alejandro Chavarria made four saves for the Choctaws, giving up just the one goal.
  - Kloepper made nine saves for the Statesmen over the 110 minutes.
 

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MATCH NOTES
  - This was the first draw of the 12-match series between the two Magnolia State rivals with the Choctaws holding a 7-4-1 edge in the matchup.
  - Chavarria allowed his first goal in the month of October on a run of play with the only other score given up on a penalty kick against Lee (Oct. 4).
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action next weekend for their final two home regular season matches of the season, hosting Auburn Montgomery (Nov. 1) and Montevallo (Nov. 3).
 

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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 began 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.