MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama women's soccer downed ULM 4-1 Thursday night at The Cage, their seventh win of the season.
 
The scoring started early, with Jasmine Greene finding the back of the net after just 71 seconds of play. The goal was her seventh of the season.
 
The teams battled back-and-forth for the remaining 41 minutes and South led 1-0 at half.
 
South came out for the second half hot, scoring in the first two minutes. Nour Imane Addi scored her fifth of the season, giving Jags a 2-0 lead.
 
The scoring then became contagious, with senior forward Morgan Cross scoring just five minutes after that, with Monique Gray five minutes after that. Cross' goal was her first of the season, Gray's was her seventh.
 
ULM avoided the shut out and found the back of the net late, scoring with just 30 seconds remaining in the match.
 
The Jags totaled 13 shots in the match, compared to ULM's five.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Greene found the back of the net in the 2^nd minute to get the scoring starting for South.
• Addi scored her fifth goal of the season just two minutes into the second half to give the Jags a 2-0 lead.
• Cross joined the scoring five minutes later, putting South up 3-0.
• Gray scored five minutes after that, increasing the Jaguar lead to 4-0.
• ULM's Efi Brame scored in the 89^th minute to make the game 4-1.

GAME NOTES

• Thursday's win was the 7^th of the season for South.
• Four different Jags scored in the match.
• The Jags have not lost at The Cage since Sept. 2, 2021 against Ole Miss.
• Sydney Ham and Addi led the Jag attack, taking three shots each.
• Gray and Greene lead South in goals this season with seven each.
• The Jags now lead ULM 18-1 all time in the series

 
 
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Head Coach Richard Moodie
On the match: "Well first things first, we've got girls on international duty, we've got a few injuries, but we talked about the depth of this squad all year, and we've been able to play a lot of players in bigger minutes than they have all season and they've done a fantastic job tonight from start to finish. I thought we looked excellent in every part of the game. The goal was a bad one to concede, but at one point it was our free kick and then it was theirs, I don't know. You can't forget the performance, we looked brilliant. I thought we dominated the game. We're in conference play now, so that's three points on the board and now we move to Sunday."
 
On scoring quickly in the match: "It's as simple as you tell them to score in the first minute and they do it. It doesn't always look like that, but I think we always have a direct approach. We tried to set the tempo. That second goal kind of killed the game for them and opened up a good second half for us. I thought we looked fantastic tonight."
 
Senior forward Morgan Cross
On scoring her first goal of the season: "I'm excited to get my first goal but we're more excited about the result. We knew we needed the bounce back from our draw against Old Dominion, so we're really excited to get back to winning ways, especially with four goals."
 
On the team scoring four goals: "It's very important to get these results, and it builds confidence in all the players and getting four different scorers is always a good sign."
 

UP NEXT
The Jaguars hit the road this weekend, traveling to Sun Belt newcomer James Madison Sunday at 11 a.m.
 
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