MState Soccer Drops 6-0 Decision To Auburn On The Road Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, October 5

Auburn, Ala.

2:00 p.m.

Mississippi State

5-7-0, 0-3-0SEC

Auburn

6-5-2, 2-1-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Mississippi State	0	0	0
Auburn	5	1	6

MState Soccer Drops 6-0 Decision To Auburn On The Road Sunday Afternoon

October 05, 2008 | Soccer

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By: hailstate.com

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AUBURN, Ala. ? The Mississippi State soccer team concluded its opening Southeastern Conference road swing Sunday, dropping a 6-0 decision to Auburn at the Auburn Soccer Stadium.

The loss, MSU's fourth straight, drops the Bulldogs to 5-8 overall and 0-4 in SEC play. Auburn improves to 6-4-2 and 2-0-1 in conference action.

The Bulldogs were out-shot in the contest 14-6, while junior goalkeeper Taryn Holland made seven saves on the afternoon. The junior from Franklin, Tenn., now has 80 saves on the season and 230 for her career. That career tally places her second all-time ahead Emily Myers (2004-05).

State managed just a Heather Buttrey shot on goal in the opening half before taking two more in the final session from Mary Kate Ayers and Hannah Tyler.

Auburn took an early 4-0 lead in a 10-minute span of the opening half. The first came after Holland made an outstanding point-blank save on a Kara Kasten shot. On the ensuing play, however, Chelsea Yauch sent a cross through the box that found Katy Frierson for the 1-0 lead.

Seven minutes later Frierson delivered a pass to Stephanie Fransoso that she put into the net for a 2-0 advantage. Frierson added her second goal of the day to put AU up 3-0, and Kasten extended the lead to 5-0 with goals at the 18:09 and 28:58 marks. Kasten completed the hat trick in the opening five minutes of the second half. Rebecca Howell worked the right side of the field and delivered a pass to the middle that Kasten knocked into the goal for a 6-0 lead.

“Give Auburn a lot of credit; they played very well today,” MState head coach Neil Macdonald said. “We found ourselves behind early and could never fight back. We have to put this game behind us and get ready for a tough trip to South Carolina and Florida.”

The Bulldogs continue their four-match SEC road swing next weekend, meeting South Carolina on Friday at 6 p.m. CST and Florida at noon CST on Friday.