MCC Soccer To Change Schedule Against ICC

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College soccer squads will return to action Friday afternoon against Itawamba Community College at C.D. Smith Field, but there has been a slight change to the schedule for its home matches this week. The MCC men were originally scheduled to play at 4 p.m. against ICC, but the Eagles will now play their match against the Indians at 2 p.m. The MCC women will play its home match against Itawamba immediately following the conclusion of the men’s match at 4 p.m.

Both squads are looking for its first wins of the season after dropping one-goal decisions Tuesday afternoon on the road at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

MCC Soccer Falls Short To Northwest

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College  Eagles looked to capitalize on two early goals Tuesday afternoon on the road at Northwest Mississippi Community College, but the Eagles would fall just short. The Rangers would battle back from the two-goal deficit to secure a 3-2 comeback victory over MCC in men's soccer action.

Sophomore Lyle Daugherty put the Eagles on the scoreboard in the opening minutes of the match with a goal and sophomore Tyler Green would score a goal in the ninth minute of the match to give MCC a 2-0 lead. Tyler Germany would collect an assist on the goal by Green in the first half.

The Eagles would maintain the lead until the Rangers cut the lead in the 12th minute to 2-1 with both teams battling into half. Mamadou Mbaye scored the first half goal for the Rangers on an assist by Thomas King.

The Eagles surged into the second half with several good looks on goal by Germany. Late into the half the Rangers would serve a ball into the box leading to a subsequent penalty kick, evening the score 2-2. Devin Stoeger scored the PK goal for Northwest to tie the game.

The score remained tied until Wyatt Sacks from Northwest would get loose off the right side of the 18 box taking advantage of the outside back losing his footing to score the go-head goal to make the score 3-2 with five minutes left in regulation.

The Eagles had a few more opportunities to even things out but fell short as timed expired to drop the men's match to Northwest 3-2.

The Lady Eagles also dropped its second match of the year by falling to the Lady Rangers by a count of 1-0. The two teams were scoreless after one half, but Northwest would score its lone goal in the 58th minute by Abby Morales to take the one-goal win.

The Eagles and Lady Eagles will be back in action Friday at home as they play host to Itawamba Community College. The MCC women will take to the field at 2 p.m. and the men will follow at 4 p.m.

MCC Soccer Drops Pair To ECCC

From School Reports

The 2014 Meridian Community College soccer season officially started Saturday night at C.D. Smith Field as the Eagles welcomed East Central Community College to campus.

MCC played a couple of exhibition matches earlier this week against Holmes Community College to get tuned up for its matches on Saturday against the Warriors. The Lady Eagles played to a 1-1 tie on Tuesday against Holmes, while the MCC men fell to Holmes by a final count of 2-0.

East Central officially started its season earlier this week with a pair of victories over Southwest Mississippi Community College. The Lady Warriors defeated Southwest 6-0, while the ECCC men defeated the Bears 1-0.

MCC was of course looking to rebound in a big way Saturday, while ECCC was looking to continue its early season momentum.

The East Central women would continue its early season momentum by taking a dramatic 1-0 victory over MCC in what turned out to be a very exciting match. The Lady Warriors scored the game winning goal with three minutes remaining in the second session of extra time to escape with the narrow victory. The goal came after a corner kick by the Lady Warriors that was eventually driven through after a couple of deflections near the goal. The goal was scored by Ashlan Culberson for the Lady Warriors.

The Lady Eagles will look to bounce back Tuesday afternoon with a road match at Northwest Mississippi Community College that begins at 2 p.m.

The East Central women will travel to Co-Lin for its next match which is also scheduled for Tuesday that will begin at 4 p.m. 

The MCC men also dropped its first official regular season game at the hands of East Central by a final count of 3-0. Jordan Alonso, Connor Brennan, and Eliud Alvarez each scored goals in the victory for the Warriors.

The MCC men will return to action Tuesday on the road at Northwest beginning at 4 p.m. The Warriors will travel to Co-Lin on Tuesday beginning at 6:30 p.m.  

The MCC soccer teams will play its next home matches Friday (August 29) against Itawamba Community College. The women will play at 2 p.m. and the men to follow at 4 p.m.