By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Sports Information
STARKVILLE, Miss. – A narrow clashed curved No. 22 Mississippi State's way as the Tennessee Tech soccer team dropped its battle with the Bulldogs 1-0 Thursday evening at MSU Soccer Field.
Scoreless over 60 minutes into the match, State scored the tilt's only goal behind an Atiana Martinez-Montoya drive in the 63rd minute that broke the nil-nil deadlock. A pair of passes out of Kennedy Husbands and Hannah Johnson set Martinez-Montoya up before the senior forward split the pipes to put the Bulldogs (4-1-0) ahead.
The lone State score marked a season-low in goals allowed by the Golden Eagles.
Tech (0-4-1) attempted two shots in the contest thanks to tries by Lucia Cuadra and Melina Hamm. Cuardra's bid was on-goal.
Martinez-Montoya and Johnson led the MSU charge with three attempts apiece. Mississippi State took 18 total shots with seven on-frame.
Maggie Conrad picked up six stops, while Maddy Anderson gobbled up Cuadra's try for the Seabrook, Texas product's only save in the shutout effort.
Allison Lee, Cheyenne McCloud, Abigail Davis, Delaney Wade and Meredith Nye appeared in all 90 minutes for the purple and gold.
TTU will now turn its attention toward Cookeville with a home match against Columbia University scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 1. Kickoff in the first-ever meeting between the two squads is set for 6 p. m. CT. Admission to Tech Soccer Field is free of charge.
Photo by Jim Dillon
