WKU Soccer Falls 2-1 in Battle at #9 Ole Miss

Thursday, September 8

Oxford, Miss

6 PM

Western Kentucky University

2-3-2, 0-0-0

#9 Ole Miss

6-0-1, 0-0-0

Western Ky.

Ole Miss

9/8/2022 8:54:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

OXFORD, Miss. — WKU Soccer (2-3-2) put up a fight against No. 9 Ole Miss on the road Thursday night, but fell shot 2-1 to the Rebels (6-0-1).

"I'm really proud of our team," said head coach Jason Neidell. "We battled back from a goal deficit to equalize, and then just had to absorb too much pressure down the stretch from a big, athletic, strong SEC team. We'll need to have a short memory and get ready for a really good Arkansas State side on Sunday. These games will continue to prepare us for a tough conference race ahead."

It was a scoreless first half between the two teams with a combined six shots total. WKU put pressure on the Rebels early in the second half, but it was Ole Miss who struck first with a goal in the 56th minute.

That 1-0 lead lasted less than five minutes before the Lady Toppers were able to draw even. In the 61st minute, Katie Erwin served the ball into the box on a corner kick and found Kendall King in the far corner of the goal. King got her head on the ball and sent it into the back of the net.

The game-winning goal came in the 72nd minute on a penalty kick for Ole Miss.

Coming into tonight's match, Ole Miss had given only one goal all season and had the nation's fourth best goals against average as a team at 0.167 goals per game. It was the tied for the second fewest goals the Rebels have been held to in a match with season (0 goals against Samford, 2 against UCF).

It was King's first goal of the season and the first goal of her WKU career. It was the second of her collegiate career. Her first came in 2020-21 at ETSU.

Goalkeeper Alexis Bach had a season high five saves on the night.

The Lady Toppers will be back in action on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Arkansas State. That match is slated for a noon start.

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