MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama women's soccer defeated Coastal Carolina 2-0 Sunday at The Cage Senior Day. The win moved the Jags to 10-1-6 on the season and South remains undefeated in Sun Belt play.
 
The win closed out the home slate for the Jags and they kept an undefeated record at The Cage, posting six wins and three draws.
 
Senior midfielder Nour Imane Addi got the scoring started in the second half, when she ripped one past the Chanticleers' keeper to make it a 1-0 game.
 
Junior Sydney Ham, who was playing defender for the game, made it a 2-0 game in the 56^th minute when Morgan Cross dropped her the ball and she curved it in to the top right corner of the goal.
 
The Jag back line kept the Chanticleers in check, holding them to just two shots, both in the second half.
 
The South offense came out strong, taking a season-high 26 shots, with 15 on target.
 
Jag keeper Jaidy Gutierrez Campos recorded her 11^th clean sheet of the season, tying a program record for shutouts in a season by a single goalkeeper. Gutierrez Campos recorded one save in the match.
 
With the win, South now sits atop the Sun Belt Conference with 21 conference points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Addi found the back of the net off an assist from Jacobs in the 48^th minute to put South on the board.
• Ham extended the Jag lead to 2-0 in the 56^th minute, off an assist from Cross.

 
GAME NOTES

• Sunday's match was the last of the season at The Cage.
• The Jags recorded season-high numbers with shots (26) and shots on goal (15).
• Gutierrez Campos recorded her 11^th shutout of the season.
• South has won three in a row and looks to end the regular season with a win.
• Goalkeeper Carly Williams saw game action as a field player in the match, recording one shot.
• Forward Morgan Cross led the Jag attack, taking a season high six shots.
• Four Jags went the distance for South, playing all 90 minutes.
• Addi now has eight goals on the season and Ham has two.
• South now leads the Sun Belt with 21 points. A win or a draw against Arkansas State will give South the title of west division champions.

 
 
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Richard Moodie
On the match:
"Coastal is a much better team than their record suggests. They are organized and they frustrated us the whole first half. There were opportunities for us in the first half. We took the opportunity at half time to look at the game and see where the space was going to be and we came out really hard in the second half. A couple of adjustments from the girls were big, they were excellent, they stuck to the plan."
 
On if the team is playing their best soccer:
"I think it's a mixture of playing our best soccer and then finding a way to win. With games like this, we scored off a set piece and then Sydney scored on what might have been a cross but you need to have that luck. We were working hard all day, we knew what we were trying to do. We're getting into tournament mode where you've got to win to advance and so for us, it's important we found a way to win this game, which we weren't able to do in some others. It was important we found a way to win, and the girls are resilient and they are so driven, couldn't be prouder of them."
 
Junior forward Sydney Ham
On the win:
"This win is really big because it puts us at the top of the league so if we win next week, we could win the conference. It's good to go in as a number one seed, and we just needed this win as a team."
 
On her goal:
"It was a shot, not a cross. It was just cool being a defender and getting all the way up the field and curving it in. It was a good feeling."
 
 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars close out the regular season on the road, traveling to Arkansas State on Thursday night.  
 
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