STARKVILLE – The Mississippi State soccer program recorded its second scoreless draw of the season, tying South Alabama, 0-0, to remain undefeated. The third consecutive shutout of the season now moves goalkeeper Maddy Anderson into a tie for third on the MSU career shutouts list (10).
“That was a tough game,” head coach James Armstrong said. “The back four, plus Maddy [Anderson] came up big tonight in a number of situations, limiting [South Alabama] to zero shots in the second half. This was the first real adversity that we’ve faced this season, and I thought the second half was much better, though, we have to be able to put two halves together in order to be successful.”
South Alabama (3-0-2) entered the match having registered 14 goals and 28 shots on goal. Yet, on Thursday night, the Bulldog defense held the attacking Jags scoreless, for the first time all season. State’s backline didn’t allow South Alabama to record a single shot on goal, also a first for the visitors.
For the fourth match of the 2022 campaign, the Bulldogs rattled off more shots than their opponent, limiting the visiting Jaguars to only two total shots on the night – both coming in the first half. The two allowed shots are the fewest State has given up all year.
Twenty minutes into the match, South Alabama pieced together one of its best chances of the evening when a Jaguar midfielder played the ball onto a sprinting Jasmine Greene at the top of the box….
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