STARKVILLE — Mississippi State soccer wrapped up it’s nonconference schedule on Thursday with a big win at home against Abilene Christian. The Bulldogs shook the rust off early after 11 days off and surpassed their best goal tally this season with a 5-0 thumping of the visiting Wildcats.
“I am happy that we had multiple goal scorers today off the bench,” Ally Perry said. “We are finally getting the chances and making them count. I am just so proud of everyone.”
Perry scored two goals herself, joining Rylie Combs, Aitana Martinez-Montoya and McKinnan Braswell on the scoresheet.
The Bulldogs scored five in their final exhibition game, a 5-0 win over UL Monroe, and won 4-0 against Northwestern State in the second game of the regular season. The goals were hard to come by in games against Wake Forest, Tennessee Tech and South Alabama despite creating several chances, so seeing the goals go in will be a confidence boost before starting Southeastern Conference play next week.
“I think this was really needed for our confidence before starting SEC play,” Perry added. “A great way of ending nonconference play.”
The Bulldogs face a tough road trip to start conference play, traveling to face newcomers Oklahoma next Thursday before a home match against 14th ranked Texas the following Sunday. It’s back to business as usual after the game, and back to the training ground to continue preparations for the next challenge.
“We are focusing on getting better each day,” head coach James Armstrong said after the win. “Sometimes it is competition days, sometimes it is looking at the details at what we need to improve on. We will start to look at what we need to do after tonight on both sides of the ball to be ready to go to Oklahoma to open SEC play.”
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