Women's Soccer | 12/16/2023 10:12:00 AM

The Lady Arrows Soccer team earned an important Region 2-7A victory at Tupelo in Overtime by a score of 2-1.  The win moves the Lady Arrows to an overall record of 8-0-2 and a 3-0 record in Region 2-7A.

Tupelo scored the lone goal of the opening half.  The Lady Golden Wave converted an attempt in the 23rd minute to make the score 1-0, where it would remain until halftime.

In the second half, the score remained 1-0 until Junior Isabella Jones found Senior Lauren Warner and Warner put the ball in the back of the net to tie the score at 1-1.  The teams kept defending their goals until the final whistle of regulation, sending the game into extra time.

In the first overtime period, the Lady Arrows earned a corner kick in the final minutes.  Junior Kate Crisler sent the set piece in towards the corner of the net, and 7th Grader Jamilah Williams deflected the ball past the keeper and propelled the Lady Arrows into the lead at 2-1.

The second period of overtime was scoreless, giving the Lady Arrows the win at the final of 2-1.

Lady Arrows' Head Coach Elliot Rimmer said of his team's effort, "Credit to Tupelo. They had a great game plan and they did a great job executing and causing us problems. It was a long, tough week where we played two region games that both went to OT and one all the way to kicks from the spot, but to the girls' credit, they found a way to win and in this region that's never an easy thing. Tonight will end up being a positive for us even with the less than optimal performance, because it caused us to dig deep and show some of that resilience that carried us last year.  All focus now is on Starkville Tuesday and heading into Christmas break 4-0 in region play."

The Lady Arrows return home on Tuesday night as they play host to the Starkville Yellowjackets.  Kickoff will be at 5:30 PM.