TROY, Ala. – Three University of South Alabama soccer players scored a brace and the Jaguars put up their highest goal total since 2013 in a 9-0 victory over Jackson State Sunday in the Trojan Classic at the Troy Soccer Complex.
The Jaguars improved to 1-0-1 while the Tigers fell to 0-2.
GAME FACTS
- USA put up seven goals in the first half alone, thanks to two goals from senior Briana Morris and a goal and an assist each from sophomore Brenna McPartlan and Bergdís Fanney Einarsdóttir
- The Jaguars recorded 31 shots and put 20 of them on goal
- In her first career start, freshman Gracie Wilson recorded a pair of assists, as did graduate Athanasia Moraitou
- South Alabama scored twice within 30 seconds early on the contest, getting the first career goal from graduate Chloe McGlade at 5:29, followed by a strike from Morris at 5:57
- Morris came through again at the 10:54 mark from Wilson, and sophomore Moa Öhman tallied the first of her two goals in the 14th minute for a 4-0 lead
- Einarsdóttir fed junior Ana Helmert for the fifth goal at 23:21, and McPartlan hit the back of the net in the 34th minute
- Einarsdóttir made it 7-0 right before halftime on a pass from freshman Brianna Pope
- USA's final two goals came in the first five minutes after halftime; Öhman posted her second of the contest from Wilson at 48:08, and McGlade added a goal off a missed penalty less than two minutes later
- Senior Justice Stanford and junior Laurie Graves shared the clean sheet for the Jags; only Graves was called on to make a save
NOTES
- Graves made her second career appearance after playing the entire second half
- South Alabama last scored nine or more goals in an 11-0 victory vs.