JACKSON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College women's soccer team was eliminated from the 2019 NCAA Division II Tournament with a 5-1 second round loss to Nova Southeastern on Sunday afternoon at Harper Davis Field on the campus of Millsaps College.

The Lady Choctaws finished the season at 15-3, setting a school record with 15 straight wins earlier in the season. The Sharks are now 15-4-2 and will advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" where they will face Embry-Riddle on December 5th.
 

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HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The Lady Choctaws got things going early as senior Emma Claire Furman scored her third goal of the season directly from a corner kick to give MC a 1-0 lead just three minutes into the match.
  - The Sharks answered, however, in the 5th minute with the equalizer as Hannah Christophe took a through-ball from Emily O'Connell and scored to knot the match.
  - The eventual game-winning goal was scored in the 14th minute as Emma Heikkila found a loose ball in the box and sent a beautiful strike into the back of the net.
  - The match would remain with a 2-1 score through the first half as both teams had multiple chances to tie the match or extend the lead.
  - The Sharks would put the game away in the 71st minute as Heikkila struck a free kick from just outside the box into the right side of the goal to push the lead to -1.
  - Adanna Edwards (78') and Kaitlyn Chomko (89') tacked on a pair of goals in the final minute to give the match its final score.
 

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KEY STATS
  - The Lady Choctaws took 10 shots to eight for the Sharks, but six of NSU's shots came on net, while just two came on goal for MC
  - MC had six corner kicks in the match, but all six came in the first half.
  - Furman led the Lady Choctaws with four shots and two on goal, while freshmen Erin Hederman and Emma Young also had two shots in the match.
  - Heikkila led the way for NSU with four shots and two goals.
 

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MATCH NOTES
  - The Lady Choctaws entered the tournament as the #1 seed in the South Region, hosting the first two rounds of the tournament.
  - MC is now 1-2 all-time against NSU, meeting in the NCAA Tournament in each of the last two seasons with the Lady Choctaws getting a 3-0 win in 2018.
  - The five goals was the most allowed for the Lady Choctaws since a 5-0 loss to Washington-St. Louis on August 31, 2013.
 

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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.