JACKSON, Miss. – South Alabama traveled to Jackson State and came away with a 3-0 win over the Tigers in an exhibition match Wednesday afternoon. The game was split into three 30-minute periods.
The scoring started early with
Morgan Cross scoring in the second minute off an assist from
Danielle Fuentes. The second goal came quickly after when defender
Gabrielle Gayle scored off a corner from
Gabriela Angulo. The teams battled back and forth for a majority of the match until
Nour Imane Addi was able to score late in the match to extend the lead to 3-0.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Cross got the scoring started with her first goal of the season in the second minute of the game with an assist from Danielle Fuentes.
- The Jaguars extended their lead to two after Gayle scored on a corner from Angulo in the 16th minute.
- Addi added a goal late in the 80th minute make it 3-0.
GAME NOTES
- The Jaguar goalkeeper core recorded its first shutout of the season, and have posted 10 dating back to the start of the 2021 season.
- South Alabama extends its lead in the series against Jackson State to 3-1.
- Cross and Gayle, who were named to the Sun Belt Conference preseason first team, netted their first goals of the 2022 season.
- Twenty-two Jags saw the field during the matchup.
- South took 10 shots, six of them on target.
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Richard Moodie
"We're just really happy with the fact that we got the game in. At one point, it seemed like the weather wasn't going to open up for us, but we got 90 minutes and we got a lot of minutes on everybody's legs. Everyone got a chance to play, a lot of the new players and the freshmen got some good minutes. I'm excited. I thought it was an amazing game, we scored inside the first two minutes and then we looked to try and build. It looked like a preseason game and we've got a lot of work to do, but they are much improved."
UP NEXT
The Jags return to action Saturday for their second exhibition game against Northern Kentucky in Foley Ala., at 11 a.m.
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