MSU Falls To LSU 1-0

Friday, October 14

Starkville

7:00 PM

Mississippi State

6-9-0, 1-7-0

LSU

7-9-0, 2-6-0

LSU

Mississippi State

Ari Holmes had two shots on goal against LSU Friday night.

October 14, 2016 | Soccer

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Despite a valiant effort at home on Friday night, the Mississippi State soccer team (6-9-0, 1-7-0 SEC) was topped by visiting LSU (7-9-0, 2-6-0 SEC) as the Tigers converted a penalty kick in the 59th minute to win, 1-0.

For the first 45 minutes of Friday's matchup, the Bulldogs held the upper hand against the Tigers as MSU outshot LSU, 8-1. The Tigers would respond in the second half as LSU recorded five attempts to close the gap.

In the 59th minute a handball would give the Tigers a penalty kick as LSU had its first real opportunity for a scoring chance. Junior Jorian Baucom converted the kick, giving LSU the 1-0 lead as the Tigers held on for the win.

"Tonight's game was tough but we have to keep our heads up," head coach Aaron Gordon said. "It's always hard to lose the way we did, but there is more games to be had and the season isn't over. I thought we did a great job attacking, but we were just a little unlucky."

The win for the Tigers broke a five-game losing skid for LSU, while improving its record in Starkville to 10-0-1.

Waldner On The Attack
Freshman MaKayla Waldner recorded a career-high in shots on Friday night as she led the team in attempts with five. The Dexter, Mo., native also had two shots on target to cap her night. Waldner is now tied for the team lead in shots (29) with Mallory Eubanks.

Goal Scoring Rundown
LSU – (59:43) Jorian Baucom converted a penalty kick to give LSU the first goal of the game, putting the Tigers up 1-0.

Up Next
The Bulldogs set out for their final road trip of the season as MSU travels to Knoxville on Thursday, Oct. 20 to face Tennessee before ending the weekend on Sunday, Oct. 23 against Florida in Gainesville.

Additional Notes

Four out of the last five contests between MSU and LSU have been decided by one goal
Seven Bulldogs went the full distance as Tanya de Souza, Mallory Eubanks, Johanna Hamblett, Hannah Smith, Courtney Robicheaux, Ari Holmes and Carly Mauldin earned 90 minutes
The Bulldogs lead in shots (14-7) and shots on goal (5-2) while corner kicks were tied (6-6)
Johanna Hamblett is the only freshman to start in every game for MSU
Attendance for Friday's game was 773