Women’s Soccer preps for No. 4 Jones

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast faces No. 4 Jones on Friday in a critical MACCC women's soccer game for the Bulldogs.

Kickoff at Bary Thrash Field in Perk is set for 5 p.m. Tickets are available at http://mgcccbulldogs.com/tickets, and the game will be streamed at https://mgcccbulldogs.com/watch.

Gulf Coast occupies seventh place in the conference standings, the final spot that qualifies for the postseason, with four games to play.

Records

• MGCCC: 7-4-1/3-3-1 MACCC, 7^th place in conference
• Jones: 10-0/7-0 MACCC, T-1^st place in conference

Last Time Out

• MGCCC beat East Mississippi 14-0 on Friday at Perk. Addie Grace Barnard (Fr., Florence/Florence) had four goals, and Isabella Reynolds (Fr., Pascagoula/Pascagoula) had a hat trick.
• Jones beat No. 13 Pearl River 2-0 in Ellisville.

Previous Meeting

On Oct. 14, 2022, Jones beat Gulf Coast 3-0 at Ellisville.

Notes

• Gulf Coast had its biggest offensive explosion since at least 2012 when it beat EMCC 14-0 last week.
• Kyla Smith (Fr., Hurley/East Central) leads the Bulldogs with nine goals.
• Isabella Reynolds (Fr., Pascagoula/Pascagoula) is tied for fifth in the MACCC with eight assists.
• Leah Capiola (Fr., Wiggins/Stone) is fourth in the conference with a 1.11 goals-against average.

Three Ahead

• Tuesday, Oct. 17: vs. Itawamba, Perkinston, 3 p.m.
• Friday, Oct. 20: at Hinds, Raymond, 5 p.m.
• Tuesday, Oct. 24: at Southwest Mississippi, Summit, 5 p.m.

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