MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama women's soccer wraps up the South Alabama Tournament with a matchup against McNeese State Sunday at 3 p.m. in Hancock Whitney Stadium. The game will be shown on ESPN+.
 
Sunday will be the third meeting between the Jags and the Cowgirls, with the last matchup being in 2006, when McNeese won 3-1.
 
Both teams played inside Hancock Whitney Stadium Thursday night as part of the South Alabama Tournament.
 
South (2-0-1) tied North Alabama 1-1. Freshman Lilly Lowery scored her first collegiate goal early in the match but UNA battled back with an equalizer to tie the game 1-1. 
 
McNeese State (1-2-0) fell to Troy 3-1 in their first game of the South Alabama Tournament. Troy led 2-1 at half and scored another to make it 3-1, giving McNeese their second loss of the season.
 
Sunday's match is International Day and Jaguar soccer invites all international students to attend the match and be a part of Sunday's events.
 
After Sunday's match against McNeese, the Jags will hit the road for a matchup at Mississippi State Thursday Sept. 1, at 5 p.m. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Date: August 28, 2022
Time: 3 p.m.
Site: Mobile, Ala.
Venue: Hancock Whitney Stadium
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THE SERIES
All-time series: South Alabama leads 2-1
Mobile: South Alabama leads 2-1
Lake Charles: never met
Neutral Site: never met
  
NOTES

• Sunday's matchup will be the first meeting between the two teams since 2006.
• McNeese State won the last matchup 3-1 (Sept. 3, 2006).
• McNeese was picked to finish second in the 2022 Southland Conference Preseason Poll.
• McNeese returns 18 players from 2021, along with 11 newcomers, nine of which are freshmen.
• McNeese junior Rachel You­­ng leads the team in shots with 6.
• Jag transfer Jasmine Greene leads the team in shots with 13.
• McNeese State had 5 student-athletes named to the Southland Conference preseason team, with Young, junior Kiana Kukaua and sophomore Jackie Kelly were named to the first team while sophomore Morgan Schooley and senior Megan Mielke were named to the second team.
• South Alabama senior Gracie Wilson was named Sun Belt Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and 5th year senior Gabrielle Gayle was named Sun Belt Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
• The Jaguars took first place in the Sun Belt West Division preseason coaches poll, receiving 12 of 14 first place votes.

 
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