Dawgs Return Home for Final Non-Conference Game

STARKVILLE – Entering the final non-conference game of its regular season, the unbeaten Mississippi State soccer program returns home for a matchup with Presbyterian College (0-5-2). Sunday's match (Sept. 11) will kick off at 11 a.m. CT on SECN+.

"We are looking forward to closing out our non-conference schedule in front of our home fans," head coach James Armstrong said. "It's an exciting matchup that we are looking forward to."

Sunday will be the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

Presbyterian enters Sunday coming off a loss to Georgia State, 0-1. The Blue Hose kept the game scoreless for the first 67 minutes until the Panthers scored the game-winner in the 68th minute. MSU, meanwhile, returns home for its final, non-conference match of the regular season. State's clean sheet over Southern Miss propelled the season-opening unbeaten streak to seven. Two players are tied for the most goals scored, and five different Dawgs have already registered double-digit shots this season.

LAST TIME OUT – BREAKING DOWN THE BOX SCORE

W, 2-0 at Southern Miss
The Bulldogs picked up their fifth shutout of the season, blanking in-state foe Southern Miss, 2-0. Maggie Wadsworth and Haley McWhirter each scored their third goal of the season. McWhirter assisted on Wadsworth's goal, and junior Elle McCaslin registered her first career assist on McWhirter's goal. Goalkeeper Maddy Anderson's 11 total shutouts now has the Seabrook, Texas, native tied for second on the MSU career shutouts list.

CAREER SHUTOUTS TRACKER

With five shutouts already recorded through the first seven games, Anderson finds herself just one clean sheet away from tying the MSU career shutouts record (12). Currently in a tie for second, the junior goalkeeper has already broken the 11-shutout threshold in 34 less games than Taryn Holland (2006-09).

AGE IS BUT A NUMBER

Last season, only one of the 15 goals for MSU was scored by an underclassman. Seven games into the 2022 campaign, all 10 goals scored by the Bulldogs have been recorded by an underclassman (listed below in order of first goal scored). Five of the team's eight assists have also been recorded by either a freshman or sophomore.

Haley McWhirter | transfer sophomore | 3 goals, 2 assists
Alivia Buxton | freshman | 2 goals | 1 assist
Maggie Wadsworth | freshman | 3 goals, 1 assist
Ally Perry | sophomore | 1 goal, 1 assist
Hannah Johnson | sophomore | 1 goal

PUPS LEADING THE PACK

The dynamic duo of McWhirter (sophomore) and Wadsworth (freshman) lead the team in goals scored with three each. Seven games into their first season as a Bulldog, the two have already combined for six goals, three assists, 15 points, 31 shots and 19 shots on goal, with four game-winners.

Keeping Up With MSU Soccer

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Dawgs Return Home for Final Non-Conference Game

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Players Mentioned

Maddy Anderson

Alivia Buxton

Hannah Johnson

Elle McCaslin

Haley McWhirter

Ally Perry

Maggie Wadsworth

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Dawgs Return Home for Final Non-Conference Game

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Players Mentioned

Maddy Anderson

Alivia Buxton

Hannah Johnson

Elle McCaslin

Haley McWhirter

Ally Perry

Maggie Wadsworth

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