JACKSON, Miss. – The Jackson State soccer team continued it's winning streak on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Alcorn State 5-0 to improve to 6-3 in SWAC play.
In the first half of play, the Tigers got on the board first with a goal by Jalah Carter at the 9:06 mark to give JSU a 1-0 lead.
The Tigers added to the one score lead just six minutes before the half with a goal by Alessia Skinner in the 40th minute.
Less than two minutes later at 41:15, Skinner scored her second goal of the match to put JSU up 3-0.
At the half, the Blue and White led 3-0 with 14 total shots and 10 shots on goal. Skinner had a team high four shots and two shots on goal at intermission.
Four minutes into the second half, JSU increased their lead to 4-0 with a goal from Rayvn Basinger, her first on the season. The goal was the 15th total shot of the game for Jackson State.
Two minutes left into the game, Gwendolyn Joy gave JSU it's biggest lead of the season with the fifth goal of the game, to put JSU up 5-0. It was the the senior's first goal of the season as she helped lead the Tigers to 6-3 in conference play.
Jackson State went on to hold Alcorn State to a shutout, the Tigers fifth straight shutout in a row and fifth conference win in a row. The Blue and White totaled 21 total shots and 14 shots on goal at the end of regulation, a season high for JSU.
Alessia Skinner had a game high five shots and five shots on goal with two goals scored. Gwendolyn Joy finished with two shots and two shots on goal with a 85th minute goal to put JSU up 5-0.
Jalah Carter and Patricia Calderon had two shots a piece with Carter having two shots on goal and the first goal of the match.
Alexis Henriquez was stellar, having three shots, all of which finished on goal.
The Tigers will keep their 516 minute shutout streak going with a home matchup this Friday versus Southern University at 3 p.m.
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Dr. Ted Flogaites
"I think the players have been immense. They have dealt brilliantly with the conditions of the pitch, and played some nice futbol which is anything but easy considering how wet the field was. We've managed to be clinical in the attacking third and we put up another clean sheet, 500 plus minutes without conceding a goal and I think Brynn, Megan, Caiah, Syd and Pernille deserve a lot of credit there. I'm not sure people watching match understand how hard it is as keeper to not see a lot of action and then make one insane full stretch save, so huge credit to Thea. The defending again was top shelf. I would have liked a bit more energy in the first half but I thought our movement in the second half was much better and Ana did a nice job linking up play, holding the ball and looking to slip passes in. Sage and Patti covered a lot of ground and Alexis served more high quality balls in. I thought Jalah, Rayvn, Gwen and Alessia took their chances well and now we move onto a massive match to end the regular season. As a staff we set the environment and just get out of the way and allow the players to express themselves. We have guaranteed that we finish conference play with a winning record and we are very happy about that."
