THE COACHES
South Alabama
Richard Moodie (Carson-Newman, 2006)
Record at USA: 48-22-6 (4th Year)
Overall Record: 96-61-13 (9th Year)

Nicholls
Alexis Cable (North Texas, 2017)
Record at UM: 0-3 (1st Year)
Overall Record: Same

SERIES INFORMATION
NSU: 7-0-1

Current winning streak: 7 (one draw)
USA's last win in series: South Alabama 3, Nicholls 0 on Aug. 24, 2014 at Mobile, Ala.
NSU's last win in series: N/A
Last meeting: South Alabama 3, Nicholls 0 on Aug. 24, 2014 at Mobile, Ala.
USA's record at Mobile against NSU: 5-0
USA's longest winning / losing streak in series: 7 / 0

The Jaguars and Colonels will be playing for the ninth time in the series this Sunday with South Alabama never dropping a meeting in the series. While USA has an advantage in the series, the pair have not played since August of 2014, with the pair tying the meeting prior when South travelled to Thibodaux, La.

USA dropped its opening contest of the spring after the home opener became a road match due to field conditions and a suitable replacement being unavailable. Southern Miss benefitted from an unassisted goal by Jenny Caracheo as the only score registered in the match.

NSU enters Sunday after two matches were postponed scheduled for this weekend. Originally playing two Southland Conference matches against Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston, the pair of matches were pushed back into March. With the open weekend, the Colonels will come to Mobile, Ala., on the fly.

NOTES
- A week after the home opener was reassigned to be an away game, the Jaguars open the spring home campaign with Nicholls State after the Montevallo match was cancelled due to Gulf South Conference rescheduling.
- 130 Fans will be allowed to attend the match The Cage, but COVID guidelines are in accordance with Alabama state mandate and South Alabama policy requiring all in attendance not participating in the match to wear masks and adhere to social distancing policies.
- Concessions will be closed, but fans will be allowed to bring bottled water into the venue.
- The Colonels have played three games this spring with three more being postponed. NSU dropped a 2-0 contest to Southern Miss to open the campaign and were defeated 2-0 in the Southland Conference opener with McNeese. Louisiana Tech slipped by the Colonels 1-0 on Valentine's day as Nicholls most recent match.
- Both out of conference matches were played at Thibodaux, La., while the Colonels travelled to Lake Charles to face McNeese.
- The offensive prowess has been on display for the Jaguars this Fall as USA led the Sun Belt in goals (31), goals-per-game (2.21), points (90) and assists (28).
- In the NCAA, USA led in assists while being second in goals scored and points, but  only a few conferences were in play for the fall season.
- Defensively, South was third in the Sun Belt with five clean sheets.
- Danielle Fuentes and Laurence Saviana made their Jaguar debut against the Golden Eagles last Sunday.
- Hailey Bastian made her first start in her Jaguar career.
- After coming in for the penalty shootout against Little Rock in the Sun Belt tournament, Allison Luckhardt continued as the goalkeeper for the Jaguars, starting her first contest against non-Sun Belt Conference competition.
- With Deanna Green returning at right back, the Jaguars kept the same back four with Gabrielle Gayle, Leandra Flury and Tilly Wilkes providing the defense.
- Morgan White paced the Jags with three shots, all of them on target, for the first time in her career on Sunday.
- Sydney Salter made her debut in the Jaguar side, subbing in during the first half replacing Izzy Ford after the match's only goal was scored.
- Morgan Cross, Kailey Littleford and Gracie Wilson did not play against the Golden Eagles after they were held off to give timer for recovering from day-to-day injuries.
- Each of the trio was instrumental in the Jaguar attack this fall as they combined to score 13 goals with nine assists.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Richard Moodie
- On Southern Miss and moving forward: "We weren't good enough on the day. We did not play our style of game. We made it look like a basketball game at times, we could not get ahold of the ball and keep it. We are excited to be back in training and we will go again."

- On Danielle Fuentes and Laurence Saviana: "Both are fantastic players and individuals, but it was hard as we had trained all week with them at certain positions and we had some last-minute changes in the lineup to where we had to play them out of position and I think that kind of knocked us out of rhythm a little bit, but both student athletes are great to be around and the team loves them."

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