MCC Falls To Northwest

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College Lady Eagles got hot at the right time heading into its match against Northwest Mississippi Community College Tuesday evening. The Lady Eagles had won four straight matches coming into play Tuesday night at C.D. Smith Field to open the 2014 MACJC State Playoffs and the home team was looking to keep its streak going on its home turf.

MCC saw its season come to a sudden end as Northwest Mississippi would score the eventual game winning goal in the final 15 minutes of play to secure a narrow 2-1 victory.

The Lady Rangers will now advance to the semifinal round of the MACJC playoffs which will be played at Jones County Junior College this weekend.

Northwest Mississippi was able to strike first in the 13th minute of the match to take a 1-0 lead over MCC. Abigail Morales scored the goal for the Lady Rangers and Holly Newman collected the assist on the play. The goal by Morales was her 14th goal of the season for Northwest Mississippi.

MCC answered the goal by the Lady Rangers in the 39th minute to tie the game at 1-1. Former Clarkdale standout Kayla Phillips did the honors for the Lady Eagles with the goal which brought her total to 12 goals for the season. 

Northwest Mississippi put the game away for good in the final 15 minutes to come away with the 2-1 road victory over MCC. Morales scored once again for the Lady Rangers to bring her season total to 15.

Northwest Mississippi improved to 10-4-4 with the victory, while MCC completed the 2014 season with a 9-8-2 overall record.

Freshman Danielle Shows also received the MACJC Offensive Player of the Week award prior Tuesday's game against Northwest. Shows earned the honors by scoring a pair of goals last week in a 4-0 victory over Southwest Mississippi.