Thursday, October 25
Starkville
7:00 PM
Mississippi State
vs
LSU
The Bulldogs must win on Thursday for a chance to make the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2004.
Soccer Closes Regular Season at Home Against LSU Thursday
October 24, 2018 | Soccer
by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications
STARKVILLE – After snapping a 12-year losing streak to LSU with a tie in 2017, Mississippi State's soccer program needs a win against the Tigers this year.
The Bulldogs are currently just below the cutline for the SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama next week. State must win at home on Thursday night and get some help from around the conference to qualify.
"LSU is very good," head coach Tom Anagnost said. "They're very dangerous. They have great players. The results have shown it. It's probably going to be our toughest match of the year. We have to do everything we can to win."
Thursday's match at 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network+ will pit two of the youngest teams in the conference against each other. The Bulldogs and Tigers are tied for the most freshmen on a roster in the SEC.
MSU has seen 43.3 percent of its points come from players new to the team this year, which leads the league. LSU is second in that category with 42.8 percent of its scoring coming from newcomers.
Both teams have registered eight shutouts this year, but MSU has been the more offensive of the two squads with 31 goals this year. Despite posting 3.29 goals per game in non-conference play, the Bulldogs' scoring pace has faltered in SEC games to just 0.89 goals per game.
State will look to get on the board early and take control of the must-win match. MSU is 8-0-0 when it scores first this year and unbeaten at home. Junior MaKayla Waldner and freshman Zakirah McGillivary have been the Bulldogs' biggest scoring threats, and the team is 7-0-0 when one of them scores.
A goal for Waldner would move her into the top five all-time at MSU. Should she score the game-winner, she would tie the Bulldogs' career record with eight. If McGillivary scores a game-winning goal she would break Waldner's single-season record of five set last year.
In order to make it to Orange Beach, MSU needs Alabama to defeat Auburn or Arkansas to defeat Florida. The Bulldogs could also qualify if Tennessee defeats or ties Missouri.
For more information on the Bulldog soccer program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "HailStateSOC." You can also find all-access coverage of the program on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
STARKVILLE – After snapping a 12-year losing streak to LSU with a tie in 2017, Mississippi State's soccer program needs a win against the Tigers this year.
The Bulldogs are currently just below the cutline for the SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama next week. State must win at home on Thursday night and get some help from around the conference to qualify.
"LSU is very good," head coach Tom Anagnost said. "They're very dangerous. They have great players. The results have shown it. It's probably going to be our toughest match of the year. We have to do everything we can to win."
Thursday's match at 7 p.m. CT on SEC Network+ will pit two of the youngest teams in the conference against each other. The Bulldogs and Tigers are tied for the most freshmen on a roster in the SEC.
MSU has seen 43.3 percent of its points come from players new to the team this year, which leads the league. LSU is second in that category with 42.8 percent of its scoring coming from newcomers.
Both teams have registered eight shutouts this year, but MSU has been the more offensive of the two squads with 31 goals this year. Despite posting 3.29 goals per game in non-conference play, the Bulldogs' scoring pace has faltered in SEC games to just 0.89 goals per game.
State will look to get on the board early and take control of the must-win match. MSU is 8-0-0 when it scores first this year and unbeaten at home. Junior MaKayla Waldner and freshman Zakirah McGillivary have been the Bulldogs' biggest scoring threats, and the team is 7-0-0 when one of them scores.
A goal for Waldner would move her into the top five all-time at MSU. Should she score the game-winner, she would tie the Bulldogs' career record with eight. If McGillivary scores a game-winning goal she would break Waldner's single-season record of five set last year.
In order to make it to Orange Beach, MSU needs Alabama to defeat Auburn or Arkansas to defeat Florida. The Bulldogs could also qualify if Tennessee defeats or ties Missouri.
For more information on the Bulldog soccer program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "HailStateSOC." You can also find all-access coverage of the program on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
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