CLEVELAND, Tenn. --- The Mississippi College men's soccer team played Lee University to a 1-1 draw on Friday night at the Lee Soccer Field.

The Choctaws moved to 3-1-3 on the season and 2-0-1 in Gulf South Conference play, while the Flames are now 5-1-2 overall and 1-0-1 in the league.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - Both teams struggled to get much effective offense going in the first half, combining for 15 shots but only four on goal through a scoreless 45 minutes.
  - The Choctaws cracked the scoreboard first in the 64th minute as freshman Cameron Moser scored his first career goal on a beautiful strike to put MC ahead 1-0.
  - The Flames answered back in the 78th minute when Tristan Lyle took advantage of a foul in the box on the Choctaws and converted a penalty kick.
  - Both teams would put forth scoring chances over the final 12 minutes of regulation, but the match went to overtime with the score, 1-1.
  - The teams combined to take six shots with three coming on goal in the overtime periods, but the match would end in a draw.
 

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KEY STATS
  - The evenly-played match saw the Flames outshoot the Choctaws, 19-18.
  - Senior Owen Connelly led the Choctaws with five shots, while junior Marco Sellan tallied four.
  - Junior goalkeeper Alejandro Chavarria made seven saves in net for the Choctaws, allowing just the one goal in his third draw of the season.
  - Daniel Hrenko made five saves for Lee, allowing the one goal.
 

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MATCH NOTES
  - The Choctaws are now 2-4-1 all-time against the Flames.
  - MC is 2-1-1 all-time when they play Lee in Cleveland, Tenn.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws will be back in action on Sunday when they travel to Rome, Ga. to face Shorter at 2:30 p.m. (Central).
 

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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.