Southern Miss Soccer 2016 Season

8 WINS & 7 TIES
26 GOALS SCORED & ONLY 18 AGAINST

First Winning Season Roster Since 2003

5 Seniors - 9 Juniors - 10 Sophomores - 1 Freshman
2 First Team All-Academic (Brittany Taylor & Lyndsey Lee)
2 All-Conference Third Team (Becky McMullan & Katie Richmond)
6 STATES & 5 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED BY 25 WOMEN

1st HOME GAME OF THE SEASON

  • Date: Aug. 26, 2016
  • Opponent: University of Louisiana Monroe Warhawks
  • Result: W, 1-0 (2-0-0 on the season)
  • Bri Schubeck scores her 1st goal of the season in the 52nd minute
  • Ola Akinniyi with the assist
Schubeck (15) celebrates with Akinniyi and McMullan (22)
Community Service & Team Bonding
  • Ball girls from local club teams came to every home game
  • The team went to many volunteer opportunities around Hattiesburg

MISSISSIPPI STATE RIVALRY GAME

  • Date: Sept. 4, 2016
  • Opponent: Mississippi State Bulldogs
  • Set an attendance record of 950 fans
  • Brittany Taylor records 8 saves
  • Team totals 8 shots, 6 on goal

Non-Conference Games

  • 6-1-0 in Non-Conference game competition
  • Arkansas State - W, 1-0
  • ULM - W, 1-0
  • Lafayette - W, 2-1
  • Lamar - W, 3-0
  • Jackson State - W, 3-1
  • Southern - W, 8-0
  • 63 combined shot attempts
JACKSON STATE WIN

C-USA Action

  • 2-6-2 in conference play
  • 4 players awarded with All-Conference honors
  • Finished 11th in standings
  • Taylor set 2 Golden Eagles records with saves & shutouts
Richmond & McMullan
Taylor & Lee
Karen Torres received the 1st ever Blake Nettles Scholarship joined by the Nettles family before the Marshall game.
"There is no glory in practice, but without practice there is no glory." - UNKNOWN
SENIOR DAY
  • Date: Oct. 23, 2016
  • Opponent: Middle Tennessee State
  • Result: W, 4-0
STEPHANIE GARCIA Scores first career hat trick
Stephanie Garcia
"This is one of my favorite seasons I've coached at Southern Miss. I just truly enjoyed being with this group of women and I felt like we were a real family this season. We were a family first & a team second" -Coach Mohammed El-Zare
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Ashleigh Young
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