OXFORD, Miss. – Overcoming a 152-minute weather delay, the University of Georgia soccer team earned its first 3-0 SEC start since 2007 with a 4-1 win over Ole Miss Sunday afternoon before 340 spectators at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium and an SEC Network national audience.
 
Fast Facts

• No. 21 Georgia (7-2-2, 3-0-0 SEC), facing Ole Miss (4-3-1, 0-2-1 SEC) in Oxford for the first time since 2020, extended its unbeaten streak in true road matches to nine consecutive results with the win. The Bulldogs outshot the Rebels, 17-7 (8-5 in shots on frame), while scoring four goals against a conference opponent for the first time since besting Florida, 4-3, on Oct. 21, 2021.
• Junior defender Assa Kante opened the scoring for Georgia in the 20^th minute with her first goal as a Bulldog, lofting a ball off her right foot over the attackers into the bottom left corner of the goal. Kante previously scored one goal during her 2022 freshman season at Kansas.
• Another Bulldog first came for freshman forward Hailey Gordon in the 39^th minute as she extended the lead on a goal set up by redshirt sophomore defender Virginia Odom. Gordon previously posted two assists against North Florida while Odom tallied her third assist of the year.
• Ole Miss cut the margin in half with a 72^nd-minute goal from Briana Rodriguez, set up by a soaring pass from Tate Blincoe over the Georgia defense.
• The Bulldogs answered quickly as redshirt junior midfielder Summer Denigan scored her eighth goal of the season in the 76^th minute, putting away a cross from senior defender Cate Hardin. The scoring continued 90 seconds later as Gordon earned a brace set up by a pass from Hardin, who took the team lead with four assists.
• Freshman goalkeeper Hannah Folliard earned her seventh victory of the season with two saves, while redshirt freshman keeper Nicole Bidun relieved Folliard and posted her first two career saves.
• Sunday’s match marked Georgia’s third weather delay of over two hours this season, following lengthy delays against North Carolina and Wyoming.

 
Post-Match Quotes
Georgia Head Coach Keidane McAlpine
On the match…
“We came on the road and got a win. The result is a positive one. We got a chance to let a lot of people play and give our team growth which was good. I hate that we gave up a goal. That was the only blemish of the day, and I really commend our team on its ability to focus with all the delays, granted we’ve done it before. But this one was warmer and a little more difficult. I really praise the team on their ability to focus today.”
 
On preparing for Friday’s match against Florida…
“We’ve still got to get better in our transition defending and we’ve got to get better in sorting out what the other team is doing. A lot of teams have changed and that was today for sure. So, we have to do a better job figuring it out and playing our way through to moments to score.”
 
Up Next
Georgia returns home to face archrival Florida on Friday, Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Turner Soccer Complex. Admission is free for all spectators, and the match will stream live on SEC Network+.