TROY, Ala. – Seven different Jaguars scored a goal and the University of South Alabama soccer team moved to 4-0 on the year with a 7-0 shutout of Tennessee-Martin Sunday afternoon at the Troy Soccer Complex.

USA is 4-0 for the first time in school history and unbeaten in its last 22 regular-season games (21-0-1).

"I'm really happy with the performance today," USA head coach Graham Winkworth said. "We put in a better performance than Friday night and were patient with our play. Today we moved the ball around exceptionally well, created a lot of chances and got a lot of players forward. The seven different goal scorers emphasizes the way in which we played today but also the quality of our whole squad."

Junior Monique Autmon (Ocean Springs, Miss.) and freshman Jemma Purfield (Cottingham, England) recorded a goal and assist apiece. Autmon put the Jags up early, then assisted the team's second tally just 46 seconds later.

"Mo was exceptional," Winkworth said. "We've moved her into a number of different positions and we changed it up again today. She did well in her role today and I'm really pleased that she managed to get on the scoresheet today; she deserves it."

Fourteen of South Alabama's season-high 23 shots found the target, and 10 different players got off an attempt.

"We probably could've had more shots but we were patient in our shooting; we weren't taking a lot of shots from distance. A lot of those shots were from very close range and some of those goals were tap-ins because of the creativity in the play leading up to the goal. This is the first time that I think we've really put some quality football together in the final third."

In addition to the quick doublefire early in the contest, South Alabama closed out the contest with three goals in a seven-minute span, the final two coming just over three minutes apart.

"There's no letting off and players were coming in off the bench and not only do they want to put in a good performance for the team but they want to make a claim for a starting position and more playing time for themselves," Winkworth stated. "Today was no different. We had a lot of quality performances from front to back all over the pitch.

Autmon got the Jags on the board at 8:41 then sophomore Rio Hardy (Workington, England) doubled the lead a short while later. Freshman Hannah Godfrey (Thornton-Cleveleys, England) recorded her first career goal at the 27:38 mark off a pass from senior Nini Rabsatt-Smith (Montgomery, Ala.) to send USA into halftime up 3-0.

Sophomore Chardé Hannah (Tupelo, Miss.) converted from the spot in the 52nd minute and Purfield put in her own rebound seven minutes later. Senior Jordan Duncan (Bay St. Louis, Miss.) and sophomore Danielle Henley (Hattiesburg, Miss.) closed out the scoring with goals at 62:15 and 65:18, respectively.

"I keep stressing to the girls that it's not about the statistics on this team, it's about the team performance, and it's not even a team game, it's a squad game," Winkworth noted. "We've played four different starting lineups in four different games and there really isn't a best XI because it can vary from game to game based upon the system we play and our opponent. It emphasizes that we've got so much quality and depth, and today was no different."

The Jaguars held the Skyhawks to three shots in each half for their second consecutive clean sheet and third of the season. Junior Sarah Hay (Waxahachie, Texas) made six saves in 90 minutes.

"All weekend we've looked extremely solid defensively," Winkworth said. "Steffi (Hardy) has led the back line extremely well in the middle and Hannah has been very solid. Jemma has done a great job getting forward, and Alyssa (Mayer) and Nikki (Shirtcliffe) have done well too. We've got a lot of quality and defended well all weekend."

South Alabama opens its home schedule Friday against South Florida at 7 p.m., part of the Jaguar Classic.

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