CLINTON, Miss.---The Mississippi College women's soccer team fell 3-0 to West Florida on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 31). The Lady Choctaws fall to 11-4 overall (9-3 GSC) on the season. West Florida improves to 10-2-2 overall (6-2-2 GSC) with the win.
Brianna Pope put West Florida ahead early as she scored unassisted in the 17th minute.
Kileigh Whited then doubled the Argonauts lead in the 34th minute as she put home a nice cross in from Bailey Erwig.
That 2-0 UWF lead would hold until the half.
The Lady Choctaws picked up the intensity early in the 2nd half, but couldn't find the back of the net.
With MC pressing forward, Brianna Pope got her brace in the final minute as she scored on a fastbreak. That would put the game at the ultimately final 3-0.
Overall, West Florida outshot MC 12-4 and had an 8-1 edge in shots on goal. Four different Lady Choctaws had a shot apiece (
Beatrice Currie,
Emily McNair,
Dani Avelar, and
MaryElla White). Currie had the lone MC shot on goal.
Sara Maleski also made 5 saves in goal.
Next up, MC will host Delta State on Thursday afternoon (Nov. 4) in MC's regular season finale before the Lady Choctaws head into the GSC tournament. The Delta State match is scheduled for 1:00 pm on Thursday.
