MERIDIAN – The Jones College soccer teams remained undefeated by sweeping Meridian here Friday night.
The No. 5 Jones women whipped MCC, 7-0, while the No. 5 Bobcat men beat the Eagles, 3-1.
Jones will travel to Ridgeland on Sept. 27 for matches vs. Holmes. The women’s game starts at 1 p.m., followed by the men at 3 p.m. The Bobcats host East Central on Sept. 30 with the women’s game beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the men’s game at 7 p.m.
No. 5 Jones women 7, Meridian 0
Leahmae Keogh (Ireland) netted her first career-hat trick and Poppy Binding (England) added two goals and three assists as No. 5 Jones blasted Meridian.
It was Jones’ 22nd straight win over the Lady Eagles. Jones is now 5-0-1 and MCC fell to 1-5, 0-3.
Keogh scored the first of her three goals just 6:45 in. Binding played a ball just outside the box to Izzie Scott (England) crossed it in and found the foot of Keogh for the goal.
She added her second in the 15th minute from about 30 yards out on a touch from Josie Duncan (Northwest Rankin).
Binding scored the next two for Jones in the 22nd and 60th minutes to extend the lead to 4-0.
Sydney Johnson (Ocean Springs), Keogh and Morgan Durning (Sacred Heart) tacked on three more Bobcat goals in a span of 4:48 to run away with the 7-0 win.
Jones out-shot Meridian 30-4.
Danae Fowler (Bay) did not face a shot in improving to 2-0 in 75:40 of work. Danielle Flynt (Northeast Jones) played the final 14:20 between the posts.
The Bobcats face their toughest test to date with a road matchup at No. 4 Holmes (8-0, 3-0) on Sept. 27.
No. 5 Jones men 3, Meridian 1
Scoreless at the half, three Bobcat goals in an 11-minute span in the final 45 helped No. 5 Jones defeat Meridian.
Jones improved to 6-0, 3-0, while Meridian fell to 1-6-1, 0-3 in the league.
Taylor Richardson (United Kingdom) started the flurry of goals in the 49th minute, using a couple touches from Leighton Jameson (Northern Ireland) and Yussef Hakmaoui (England) to beat the Eagle keeper.
Four minutes later, it was Jameson who connected on a penalty kick to make it 2-0. After two Bobcat shots hit the crossbar, a Meridian defender attempted to punch the ball over the frame and immediately drew a card and penalty.
Denim Lombard (Gulfport) bent in a right-footed shot just outside the box to make it 3-0 Jones in the 60th minute.
Meridian got on the board in the 73rd minute.
Jones owned a 24-5 shot advantage. The teams combined for 31 fouls and five yellow cards.
