MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama women's soccer scored two goals in the second overtime to secure a 3-1 win over Marshall in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
 
The Jags got down 1-0 early when Kat Gonzalez from the Thundering Herd took a shot from outside the 18-yard box to give Marshall the lead.
 
The teams battled back-and-forth the next 62 minutes before senior forward Morgan Cross headed in a cross from Sydney Ham to tie the game.
 
The teams remained tied through regulation and played two 10-minute overtimes.
 
Kailey Littleford was fouled in the box in the 103^rd minute and Cross took and made the PK, giving South the lead.
 
Nour Imane Addi then extended the lead just two minutes later, securing a Jaguar win.
 
South totaled 18 shots, compared to Marshall's 10.
 
Jag keeper Jaidy Gutierrez Campos made five saves.
 
The Jags advance to the semifinals to face Old Dominion on Friday. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Marshall's Kat Gonzalez finds the back of the net in the 15^th minute to give Marshall 1-0 lead.
• Cross headed in a ball from Ham in the 77^th minute to tie the game a 1-1.
• Cross then nailed a PK in the 103^rd minute to give South Alabama 2-1 lead.
• Addi then found the goal two minutes later in the 105^th minute to secure the 3-1 win.

 
GAME NOTES

• The Jags took 18 total shots.
• The two goals from Cross now move to season total to four.
• Addi's goal moves her season total to nine.
• Gracie Wilson returned to the starting lineup for the first time since ULM on Oct. 6.
• Cross led the Jag attack with five shots.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Richard Moodie
"Do I think it was a best performance today? No, but I think anyone who saw the game today saw a group of young ladies who were willing to go the distance and never give up and sometimes that's what tournament games are like. You have to find a way to win. We never thought we were down and out. Morgan Cross's had two special goals, Kailey Littleford and the cross from Sydney Ham and Nour Imane Addi, it's unbelievable. I am so proud of them."

 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars advance to the semifinals and will face Old Dominion Friday at 4:00 p.m.
 
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