No. 16 Gulf Coast blanks Holmes 8-0

PERKINSTON — After a scoreless first 45 minutes, No. 16 Mississippi Gulf Coast unleashed a blizzard of eight goals after the break to beat Holmes by that margin at Bary Thrash Field.

Kade Smith (Fr., London, England/Whitmore) and Victor Moerck (Fr., Vaerloese, Denmark/Lyngby Handelsgymnasium) scored twice for Gulf Coast. Mason Shortt (Fr., Brandon/Northwest Rankin) and Bryon Shepard (Fr., Gulfport/St. Patrick) had two assists each.

"In the end, that's a really weird game," Gulf Coast coach Chris Handy said. "To go 0-0 at the half and 8-0 in the second half, I'm not sure how much we can take for it. But we're still on track for our goals."

Gulf Coast (8-1-2) has won seven straight and all six MACCC games.

The Bulldogs didn't get their first goal until the 50^th minute, but unleashed all of them in the next 20. Holmes went down to 10 men in the 53^rd minute after a red card made their task even tougher.

Francisco Cruz-Lopez (So., Southhaven/Southaven) scored his first goal of the season. Donovan Allen (Fr., Byram/Terry), Jeongbin Kim (Fr., Paju, Korea/Anyang Technical) and Mills Sheridan (Fr., Brandon/Northwest Rankin) also netted markers. Moerck, Kim and Hayden Thomas (Fr., Clinton/Clinton) had assists.

"It's always a positive when you can play a lot of people," Handy said. "Again, you want to reward the guys for coming in and training hard. The fact that we got to reward a bunch of people today was great."

Holmes is now 3-7, 0-6.

Gulf Coast is back in action Friday when East Mississippi visits. Sophomore Night ceremonies will take place between games, with the men scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m.

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