University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Soccer Wins Big Over Mississippi Valley State, 8-1
9/2/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Soccer Wins Big Over Mississippi Valley State, 8-1
Senior Micah Stephens, one of Conference USA's Players to Watch in 2005, recorded a hat trick (three goals) today against Mississippi Valley State. |
Sarah Brennan scored two goals today against Mississippi Valley State. |
HATTIESBURG,
With the win, Southern Miss improves to 2-0, while
Lady Eagle senior Micah Stephens followed her two goal, two assist season opening performance against Louisiana-Lafayette with a hat trick (three goals) against the Lady Delta Devils, as she has surpassed her career total (three) with five goals so far in 2005. Stephens posted the first hat trick since Lauren Prewitt accomplished the feat against Arkansas Little-Rock last season.
In recording the hat trick, Stephens becomes the 12th Lady Eagle to post a hat trick, joining Stacey Hall (2, 1997, 1999, 2000), Terah Beth Baltzer (1997, 1998), Lauren Prewitt (2, 2004), Kelli Curry (1997), Tricia Wiles (2001) and Carly Barkley (2003).
In addition to Stephens? hat trick performance, junior Sarah Brennan added two goals, while juniors Kim Turner and Carly Barkley and freshman Sarah McFadden each netted their second goal of the season. Brennan posted two goals in a match for the third time in her career, and now has 11 career goals. With her single goal, Barkley now has 16 career goals, and moved into fifth place all-time in school history.
Southern Miss? eight-goal output was the most since it recorded seven against Arkansas Little-Rock last season.
?We played well considering we haven?t trained in a week,? Head Coach Gail Macklin said. ?We?ve overcome a lot. Our players have not eaten well in over a week. We had a good team performance today.
?I?m extremely pleased,? Macklin said. ?With all the hurdles we?ve faced, we fought hard and represented Southern Miss well.?
Macklin added she was pleased that several players, including freshmen Malinda Hill and Christina Duvall, who both made her career debuts today and freshman Kalee Silovsky gained valuable playing minutes today that will only help the team as the season progresses.
?We?re building some depth,? Macklin said. ?The minutes we were able to give some of our other players was good, and it will help us down the road.?
Macklin said the team will have an opportunity to rest tonight, before traveling to
