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MOBILE, Ala. – After going 3-1-1 on a five-match road swing, University of South Alabama women's soccer returns home for the first time since its season-opening victory over Mississippi State on August 23 to host Southern on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
 
USA (4-1-1) split last weekend against two Conference USA opponents, defeating Southern Miss, 3-2, in overtime by way of a Lauren Allison golden goal, before falling by a reverse scoreline at UAB after going down three goals in the first half an hour.
 
Hoping not to make a habit of it, South Alabama could find its way back into form against a winless Southern outfit tomorrow night at The Cage where, in 2011, USA defeated SU, 5-1, in the teams' only previous meeting.
 
Current USA student-athletes Clarissa Hernandez, Kristyn Thacker and Tatum Parry all tallied a goal apiece in the contest, which USA led, 2-1, at the break, before Thacker's goal shortly after the interval prompted two others, all in the space of 20 minutes.
 
Lauren Allison recently recorded another three-goal weekend, and the freshman forward is currently third in the NCAA in goals (8), goals per game (1.60) and points (16). Her 3.20 points-per-game average is fifth-best in the nation.
 
The Jaguars are currently tied for 37^th in the nation in scoring offense, having scored 15 goals through six matches for a 2.50 per-game average.
 
USA currently owns the best record in the Sun Belt Conference, slightly ahead of Arkansas State, which is 3-1-2. UALR and Louisiana-Monroe also have three wins this year but have lost three and four matches, respectively.
 
South Alabama has two shutouts on the year, tied for the most amongst­ Sun Belt schools and has forced 33 total corner kicks, second-most.
 
Southern is winless on the year in four contests, having only managed a single point by way of a 1-1 draw to Louisiana-Lafayette on August 30. The three losses came to Nicholls State, UALR and Lamar.
 
SU has only attempted 10 shots on the year and has been outscored by its opponents, 17-3. Freshman forward Kasey Gamble has scored two goals this year to lead the club with four points. Shelby Carbin scored the other on her only shot attempt of the season.
 
Kerrin Hall and Sarah Forde have split time between the posts this year for Southern, but Forde has given up nearly five times the number of goals as her counterpart.
 
SU has only managed a single corner this season compared to their opponents' 29.
 
The Jaguars' tie places them ahead of all league competitors in the SWAC's Western division. SU fell to Nicholls State, 8-1, to Nicholls State at the beginning of the season. USA tied Nicholls in Thibodaux, La., 1-1.

 
Former USA student-athlete Kristen Sutton came off the bench to record a brace in University of South Alabama women's soccer's season-opening victory over Southern at The Cage.
 
Sutton converted on either side of the interval, as the Jaguars extended a 2-1 halftime lead to a 5-1 final, thanks to additional goals from current USA student-athletes Clarissa Hernandez, Kristyn Thacker and Tatum Perry.
 
USA outshot SU, 30-2, in the match while handing SU its first loss of the season.
 
Southern's Rekeia Gallien put the Lady Jags on the board early, nailing a shot from 18 yards out off a cross from Kendra Monroe in the second minute of the match.
 
Hernandez equalized on a penalty two minutes later, and Sutton deposited her first goal on a Thacker pass six minutes away from halftime to give the hosts a lead at the break.
 
Thacker finished off Morgan Motes's effort 10 minutes into the second period to push the score to 3-1 before Sutton and Perry scored in the 67^th and 77^th.
 
South Alabama's Melissa Drish picked up the win in goal.
 
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