CLINTON, Miss. – Mississippi College scored three goals in just more than three minutes midway through the second half to break open a scoreless match leading to a 5-1 loss ffor Montevallo in a Gulf South Conference men's soccer matchup at Arrow Field Sunday.
The crucial stretch started in the 66th minute, when a Montevallo player was called for a foul in the penalty area, giving Mississippi College a penalty kick. Aurele Chemin converted the kick at 65:49 to give MC a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, Marco Sellan sent a shot into the top right corner of the net off an Owen Connelly assist to double the Choctaws' lead. The outburst ended at 68:53 when Connelly scored his own goal on a shot in the lower left corner of the net.
Mississippi College added a tally in the 77th minute, when Victor Bazan converted a penalty kick of his own, and Bazan closed out the Choctaws' scoring at 80:43 with another goal, his fourth tally of the season.
The Falcons netted their goal in the 90th minute and it came from
Luke Garner, who scored off an assist from
Vladik Margolin. It was Buckley's second goal of the season and Margolin now has a team-leading 10 points (four goals, two assists) for Montevallo.
Prior to MC's offensive explosion, neither team was able to find a goal in the opening 45 minutes, but the Choctaws had the run of play for the majority of the half. MC outshot Montevallo, 10-1, including 4-1 on shots on goal. Mississippi College also had all five corner kicks in the first half, which was a physical affair, with each team being whistled for 10 fouls.
MATCH INFORMATION
Mississippi College 5, Montevallo 0
Sunday, Nov. 3
Clinton, Miss. | Arrow Field
HOW IT HAPPENED
66' | Aurele Chemin converts a penalty kick for his first goal of 2019 to give the Choctaws a 1-0 lead.
68' | Marco Sellan doubles MC's lead off an assist from Owen Connelly. It was Sellan's team-leading fifth goal.
69' | Connelly adds a goal of his own - his fourth of the season - on a shot in the lower left corner of the net.
77' | Victor Bazan slots home another penalty kick to give MC a 4-0 advantage.
81' | Bazan gets his second goal of the match on a shot in the lower left corner of the net.
90' | Garner scores his second goal of the season off an assist from Margolin.
GAME NOTES
- Montevallo's 90th minute goal from Garner gave the Falcons at least one goal in each of their last three matches.
- Mississippi College - which has already clinched the Gulf South Conference regular-season title - is now 6-1-1 at home this year. Montevallo is 3-5-0 in road matches.
- The Choctaws have won two straight matches and are unbeaten in their last nine matches (7-0-2), all in conference play. Montevallo has lost four of its last five.
- The victory is MC's first in three all-time meetings with Montevallo.
- Robert Kuta made six saves in goal for Montevallo.
- Mississippi College outshot Montevallo, 19-9, for the match, including 11-4 in shots on goal.
- Mississippi College had six corner kicks to four for Montevallo.
- The teams combined for 28 fouls (Montevallo 15, MC 13) and four yellow cards (two apiece) in the match.
RECORDS
Montevallo (6-8-1 overall, 4-5-0 GSC)
Mississippi College (8-1-4 overall, 7-0-2 GSC)
UP NEXT
Montevallo returns home to Georgine Lemak Field on Wednesday, Nov. 6 for a makeup game against Lee University at 6 p.m.
