No. 15 Gulf Coast faces crucial clash vs. No. 6 Jones

PERKINSTON — No. 15 Mississippi Gulf Coast and No. 6 Jones battle in a key MACCC men's soccer showdown Tuesday at Bary Thrash Field.

Kickoff at Perk is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are available at http://mgcccbulldogs.com/tickets, and the game will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch.

The Bulldogs have clinched a playoff spot, and a win would all but sew up the MACCC championship. They'd be eight points clear of the Bobcats with three games left in the regular season.

Records

• MGCCC: 9-1-2/7-0 MACCC, 1^st place in conference
• Jones: 9-2-2/5-1-1 MACCC, 2^nd place in conference

Last Time Out

• MGCCC beat East Mississippi 11-0 on Friday in Perkinston. Victor Moerck (Fr., Vaerloese, Denmark/Lyngby Handelsgymnasium) had a hat trick.
• Jones lost 3-1 at Pearl River at Ellisville on Friday.

Previous Meeting

On Oct. 14, 2022, Jones beat Gulf Coast 2-1 at Ellisville.

Notes

• Moerck won MACCC Player of the Week honors in part for his performance against EMCC. He had five goals and two assists in two games.
• Kade Smith (Fr., London, England/Whitmore) is tied with Moerck and Jones' Taylor Richardson for the MACCC lead with 13 goals. They are tied for 12^th in the NJCAA.
• David Ruiz Ospina (Fr., Manizales, Colombia/Gimnasio del Pacifico) is tied for second in the country with six shutouts, most in the MACCC.
• Gulf Coast has a streak of five straight shutouts and hasn't allowed a goal in 453 minutes. The Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 29-0 in those five games.

Three Ahead

• Tuesday, Oct. 17: vs. Itawamba, Perkinston, 5 p.m.
• Friday, Oct. 20: at Hinds, Raymond, 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, Oct. 24: at Southwest Mississippi, Summit, 7 p.m.

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