BOONE, N.C. – App State Soccer returns to Boone to face Southern Miss in a mid-week black and gold showdown on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear their favorite country attire as we celebrate country night in the High Country. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+.
During a windy Friday night battle, The Mountaineers (8-3-4, 3-2-2) came back from a 1-0 deficit against Arkansas State to level the score with less than two minutes remaining in regulation.
Hayden Petrick served in a corner kick and
Taylor Duff headed the ball to
Maddie Williams who headed home her first career goal. App State has been dominant in corner kicks this season and now ranks 10th in the nation, averaging 7.6 corners per game. The Mountaineers are outshooting their opponents 13.2-7.1 this season, while the defense is one shutout away from setting the program record.
App State is tied for fifth in the conference standings with Louisiana, just one point ahead of Southern Miss. The top eight teams qualify for the Sun Belt Tournament next month in Foley, Ala.
Ellie Garrison leads the Mountaineers with nine goals on the season.
Libby Bermingham follows with six goals and
Olivia Simon has three. Petrick leads the team with five assists on the season,
Sofia Goclowski follows closely with four.
Lucy Harrington has played every minute of each match this season, the only Mountaineer to do so. Goalkeeper
Hanna Skogsfors has recorded six solo shutouts and combined on two other clean sheets.
Southern Miss (6-5-3, 3-3-1) enters the match following a 1-0 road win against South Alabama on Friday. Ava Bynes scored early in the match and the defense made it hold up. Goalkeeper Logan McGruder recorded three saves and a clean sheet. Bynes leads the Golden Eagles with five goals, while Shaelynn Quick trails closely behind with four goals on the season. Southern Miss is led by first year head coach Danny Owens, who comes to Hattiesburg after 20 years at William Carey, where he built the Crusaders into one of the top NAIA programs in the nation, winning 12 regular-season conference titles and 11 conference tournament championships. The Golden Eagles were picked 10
th in the Sun Belt preseason poll.
App State and Southern Miss meet for the fourth time in program history since the Golden Eagles joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2023. App State has won all three meetings in the head-to-head series, and each has been a one-goal win. Last season in Hattiesburg,
Libby Bermingham and
Izzi Wood found the back of the net in a 2-1 victory.
The Mountaineers will be back in action on Sunday as they head to Huntington W. Va. to play Marshall at 1 p.m. in their final road match of the season. The Thundering Herd are 7-3-5 overall and 3-1-3 in Sun Belt play. They will visit Georgia State on Thursday.
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