Soccer Lets Win Slip Away At No. 20 Tennessee

Oct. 7, 2011

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - After taking a 3-0 lead on the 20^th ranked team in the nation on the road Friday night, Tennessee battle back and posted a 4-3 win over the Ole Miss soccer team in overtime.

In a game that featured two of the top offensive threats in the league in the Rebels' Rafaelle Souza and the Lady Vols' Caroline Brown, it was Ole Miss' Dylan Jordan who put on a show Friday night for Ole Miss as she recorded her first career hat trick in the loss.

With the loss, Ole Miss fell to 5-7-1 overall (1-4 SEC) while Tennessee improved to 10-3 overall (3-2 SEC).

"We started out great tonight," head coach Matt Mott said. "But soccer is a ninety minute game and you have to give Tennessee credit, they played great. We defended well in the first half but we couldn't keep them off the board in the second."

Ole Miss took a 1-0 lead in the 12^th minute as Dylan Jordan scored off a header on a cross from Emily Reid and Rafaelle Souza. With the assist, Souza (25 points) is now just one point away from cracking the season top-10 list at Ole Miss for points in a season.

Jordan then scored back-to-back goals in the 30^th and 31^st minutes. Jordan connected on a free kick from Kendyl Mygatt and a minute later scored on a 30-yard shot over the keeper to give Ole Miss a 3-0 lead.

In the second half, the Lady Vols battled back to score three goals and tie the game in the 81^st minute and forced overtime. In the 91^st minute, Tennessee scored the game-winning goal.

For the game, Tennessee outshot Ole Miss 30-8 including a 14-3 advantage in shots on goal. Rebel goalkeeper Kelly McCormick tied her career high with 10 saves.

Ole Miss will play at Georgia Sunday at noon CT.

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Dylan Jordan

Rafaelle Souza

Emily Reid

Kendyl Mygatt

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