MOBILE, Ala. – Sunny Sigurvinsdottir deflected home a free kick in the 107th minute to give Coastal Carolina a 1-0 victory over the University of South Alabama soccer team Friday night at The Cage.

The Chanticleers stay unbeaten in the Sun Belt Conference at 2-0 and go to 3-4-1 overall. The Jaguars fall to 3-6 and 1-1.

GAME FACTS
- South Alabama outshot Coastal Carolina 26-14 on the night, including 11-4 on target, and had 10 corner kicks to CCU's three
- The Jaguars put six of their 12 first-half shots on net but did not force Rylee Atteberry to make a difficult save
- Senior Hannah Godfrey got her head on the end of a corner kick at 38:40 but it went wide left
- Freshman Brianna Mascia nearly ended it in the 89th minute, but her shot at the top of the box just went over the bar
- Neither team attempted a shot in the first overtime until 96:10, when a pass from junior Briana Morris found freshman Morgan Cross in the six-yard box, but Cross put it over
- Following a USA foul on the left sideline, Lauren Dabner served a free kick into the box and Sigurvinsdottir put it past an on-rushing Justice Stanford at 104:06 to end the contest
- Atteberry made 11 saves, while Stanford had three

NOTES
- Friday was South Alabama's first overtime contest of the season, and first extra-time loss since Oct. 23, 2016 at Appalachian State; the Jags were 3-0-1 in OT in 2017
- USA's 26 shots overall and 11 on goal are new season highs
- The Jaguars have scored multiple goals in a game just once this season, a 6-1 home win over Chattanooga on Aug. 24
- South Alabama is 1-1 in league play for the first time since 2012
- Coastal Carolina improves to 1-4 in the series after being outscored 7-1 in two meetings last year
- USA lost for the first time this season when outshooting its opponent, falling to 3-1

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Richard Moodie
Overall thoughts: "They came here with a plan and it worked very well. The more we kept missing, the more the writing was on the wall. Unfortunately I've been a part of games like this on the losing end, more than the winning end. We had one inside the six-yard box and we put it over the bar. It's just not your day; you have to bounce back now with a big game on Sunday. Coastal Carolina did well, got the win and now they're the team to beat – they're 2-0. They gave us a little too much time on the ball and we got antsy the more the game went on. All credit to them."

On not finding the winning goal: "That's the problem right now. We won a lot of set pieces and usually with set pieces we can get in these games, and that's usually a definitive moment that separates a game like this, and sure enough it was, unfortunately on the other end. We struggled a little bit in front of goal, but the girls are going to work hard. Somebody's going to have to step up sooner rather than later. This is the group we have now, so we need to find that girl that's going to put her neck out there and score. We created a lot of good chances, we just need that moment of quality to finish it off."

On the difference tonight: "When the game's rolling on and they're playing out the back, they want us to press to create space in behind. We were kind of falling into the trap and that's when we looked vulnerable, instead of just dropping off and letting them attack. We were doing everything they wanted us to do. Our back four and Justice did exceptionally well. Could the set piece have been defended differently? Yes, but I'm not going to even look at that moment because we had 26 other moments where the ball could have been in the back of the net

UP NEXT
The Jaguars continue their homestand Sunday against Texas State at 1 p.m.

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