STARKVILLE – The unbeaten Mississippi State soccer program capped off its non-conference season, Sunday afternoon, with an explosive 4-0 victory over Presbyterian College (0-6-2). Three different Bulldogs scored their first collegiate goal, and goalkeeper Maddy Anderson tied the program record for career shutouts (12).
“Overall, [I’m] really proud of the girls,” head coach James Armstrong said. “[We finished] unbeaten in non-conference play, got another clean sheet and had another game with multiple goal scorers. At times, we got a little sloppy and had too much time on the ball, but overall [there] are a lot of positives that we can continue to work on this week, going into SEC play.”
Entering the match, the Bulldogs’ first goal of the game had come in the second half in three of the last four outings. On Sunday, however, State would need less than two minutes to take the 1-0 lead. In her first-career start, junior Elle McCaslin scored her first-career goal, at the 1:35 mark, off assists from Gwen Mummert and Maggie Wadsworth. The goal was the quickest scored by MSU all season.
Two minutes before the end of the first half, another Dawg would register her first collegiate goal, as junior KK Pavatt set up Juliet Moore to make it 2-0, State, headed into the break.
The Bulldogs would end the half with 22 shots and 11 corner kicks – the most recorded in a single half for State all season.
The explosive offense wouldn’t be left in the locker room, as in the second frame alone, MSU would rack up 12 additional shots, seven extra corners and two…
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