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Rebels Down MTSU 4-0
Four Rebels notched
goals on the afternoon, including the first career goal from
sophomore Georgia Russell, as Ole Miss (5-1-2) defeated Middle
Tennessee (3-3-1) by a score of 4-0 at the annual Kickin’ Cancer game.
Russell
scored her first collegiate goal to give the Rebels a little breathing
room late in the first half, combining with Addie
Forbus and Jennifer Miller in a three-goal half for Ole
Miss. The Rebels added a fourth goal from Gretchen
Harknett on a penalty kick in the second period for the final
margin of victory.
It was the second shutout of the weekend for the Rebels after a 2-0 win on the road at Austin Peay on Friday night.
“We
spread the ball around a lot and got the ball to Addie (Forbus) in some
good spots,” said Ole Miss head coach Matthew Mott. “Georgia
(Russell) came off the bench and scored a good goal for us. Gretchen
(Harknett) has been good all year and we’re happy she got on the board.
Hopefully that will be the start of her scoring some goals for us.
“Bethany
Bunker, Sara Coleman and Jenn (Miller) all played well for us
this afternoon, too,” Mott said. “It was a good match for us all around
and a good weekend before jumping into the heart of Southeastern
Conference play next weekend.”
Ole Miss got on the board in the
18th minute when Harknett dribbled down the field and sent the ball
into the middle of the box to Forbus. The sophomore forward then
drilled the ball into the net and past the keeper to give the Rebels
the early lead.
The two squads battled back and forth throughout
the rest of the half before the Rebels’ pressure finally yielded two
more goals in the final minute of the period to give Ole Miss the 3-0
lead at the half.
The first of the two goals in the 45th
minute came off a deflected shot by Forbus in the box that skipped over
to Russell on the near side of the goal. Russell fired the shot in past
the keeper and the far post to give the Rebels the 2-0 lead.
Seconds
later, the Rebels came up with a takeaway just outside the box and
Coleman dribbled the ball into the box on the far side of the field and
was met by a diving keeper. Coleman was able to stay with the play as
the ball bounced off the hands of the Middle Tennessee keeper and
tapped it over to Miller who put it in the net right before the buzzer.
Neither
team was able to break through for much of the second half until
Coleman again came up with a breakaway down the far side of the field
in the 81st minute. The sophomore forward got into the box when she was
taken down from behind by the Middle Tennessee defender to set up the
penalty kick for the Rebels.
Harknett stepped up to take the
kick, driving the ball into the net for the fourth goal of the
afternoon and the final margin of victory.
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