CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's soccer team finished the 2021 Gulf South Conference Spring Championship Series season with a 3-1 loss to Christian Brothers on Sunday afternoon at Arrow Field at Clinton High School.

The Choctaws (5-1, 4-0 GSC) bowed out in the semifinals of the tournament, while the Bucs (3-2-1, 2-2 GSC) advance to the championship next Saturday (April 3) against Union at 4:00 p.m.
 

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CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 3, #7 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 1

HOW IT HAPPENED
  - The first half saw neither team able to get much going on offense and the teams went into the break scoreless.
  - The Choctaws broke through in the 57th minute as Santi Diosa took advantage of a CBU misplay and scored his first of the season to give MC the lead.
  - The Bucs responded, however, in the 61st minute as Chandler O'Dwyer headed in a free kick from Jacob Daffern to knot the match at 1-1.
  - The game-winning goal was scored by Daffern on a direct free kick in the 82nd minute.
  - CBU put the game away in the 88th minute as Habib Binate chipped in the final score to give the match a 3-1 final.

KEY STATS
  - Both teams tallied 10 shots in the match with MC putting six on goal and CBU putting five on net.
  - Antoine Recizac and Guilherme Santos each had three shots for the Choctaws.
  - O'Dwyer led CBU with three shots in the match.
  - Alejandro Chavarria made two saves for the Choctaws, while Wayne Davis made five saves for the Bucs.

GAME NOTES
  - Aurele Chemin and Zach Diallo were named to the Gulf South Conference All-Tournament Team.
 

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NEXT UP
  - The Choctaws are scheduled to be back in action for a regular fall season in the Fall of 2021.
 

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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 18 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Men's and Women's 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.