Dawgs Ready for Fifth SEC Tournament Appearance, Will Face Aggies in First Round

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The No. 8 seeded Mississippi State soccer program prepares for its fifth SEC Tournament appearance in a first-round matchup with No. 9 Texas A&M (9-5-5, 3-4-3 SEC). Sunday's game (Oct. 30) will kick off at 3:30 p.m. CT and will air, nationally, on the SEC Network.

"We are very excited to start our postseason tomorrow here in Pensacola," head coach James Armstrong said. "The girls are focused and ready to play."

In the regular-season meeting between the Dawgs and Aggies, State won in College Station, 1-0, off a 51^st-minute own goal set up by sophomore Haley McWhirter.

MSU ended its home season with a 6-2-2 record - the eighth time the Dawgs have won six or more matches at home. State also scored 16 goals and broke its all-time attendance record in consecutive games. Five of the 10 shutouts in the regular season came in StarkVegas.

Texas A&M, meanwhile, is coming off a 4-1 win at Florida. The Aggies dropped a hat trick of goals in the first 45-minute frame before adding the final goal in the 68th minute. Texas A&M outshot the Gators 15-9 with six of those being on goal.

LAST TIME OUT – BREAKING DOWN THE BOX SCORE

T, 1-1 vs. Georgia
MSU wrapped up its 2022 regular season with a 1-1 draw against Georgia. After both teams entered halftime scoreless, sophomore McWhirter needed only 48 seconds into the second half to score her seventh goal of the season. It's now the most goals she's scored in one season during her two-year collegiate career that began at ECU. McWhirter's seven are tied for fourth-most in a season by a MSU sophomore.

SAME TOURNAMENT, DIFFERENT BEACH

For the first time, the SEC Tournament is being held in Pensacola, Florida. For the previous 18 of 19 years, the Tournament was held in Orange Beach, Ala. It's also the second year the state of Florida has hosted.

DAWGS ON THE ATTACK

State ended the regular season with 24 goals scored. It's the 15th time in program history that State scored 24 or more goals in its regular season. Twenty of those goals have been scored by either a freshman or sophomore. Maggie Wadsworth and McWhirter lead MSU with 15 goals, seven assists and seven game-winning goals between the pair.

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Dawgs Ready for Fifth SEC Tournament Appearance, Will Face Aggies in First Round

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