Lady Eagle Soccer Loses Second Straight Heartbreaker
9/26/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
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Lady Eagle Soccer Loses Second Straight Heartbreaker
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- For the second straight game, the Southern Miss Lady Eagles soccer team felt they should have come away with a Conference USA victory.
But, unfortunately for the Lady Eagles, for the second match in three days, the statistics and the scoreboard told different stories.
On Friday, Southern Miss out-shot TCU, but fell 2-1. Today, the Lady Eagles dominated visiting
The loss dropped the Lady Eagles to
From the start, Southern Miss controlled possession of the ball and the match. The Lady Eagles shot 12 times in the first half to
In the second half, Southern Miss had additionally opportunities. The Lady Eagles put four shots on net, but each was stopped by Cougar goal keeper Nicole Oliver.
The match?s only goal came in the 83rd minute as Sarah Fisher slid a cross from Amanda Hale by Lady Eagle keeper Leslie Shoeplein.
In all, Southern Miss took more shots, 19-8, put more on goal, 6-1, and had more opportunities on corner kicks, 5-3.
Next up for the Lady Eagles is