ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State women's soccer program fought valiantly despite being short-handed, falling to Southern Utah by a final of 10-0.

The Basics
 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (0-1, 0- SWAC) | Southern Utah (2-0, 0-0 WAC)

 

• Location: Itta Bena, Mississippi – Mississippi Valley Soccer Complex

 

• Series History: Series Tied 1-1

 

• Winning Streak: Southern Utah (W1) | Mississippi Valley State's Last Win: October 1, 2004 (4-0) 

 

• All-Time History vs. WAC Opponents: Mississippi Valley State Leads 2-1

 
Mississippi Valley State Top Performers
 

• Freshman Bailee Washington made a strong first impression in her collegiate debut, getting two of the team's five shots off with one of those being on-target.

 

• Rahael Aka-Ety logged a tied for career-best two shots and one shot-on-goal while playing the full 90 minutes for her seventh complete game at Valley State.

 

• Ludesha Reynolds also made her first NCAA appearance, earning the start in between the pipes where she contributed three saves in 28 minutes.

 

• McKenzie McCarthy relieved Reynolds as goalie and finished out the final 62 minutes of regulation, tacking on seven saves.

 

• Tallulah Nemet-Sargent rounds out the Green and White's representation in the stat sheet with a shot.

 
Notes
 

• MVSU fell to 3-16 (.158) all-time in season openers and 3-14-1 (.194) for home openers with Valley unofficially having a fourth home win that was eventually vacated due to NCAA sanctions that came against Nicholls in 2018 (3-1).

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