End of the Road: Lady Jaguars fall to Jackson State in road play

The Lady Jaguar’s soccer team takes a close yet hard loss against Jackson State University 1-2. Despite the matchup ending, Southern
This game marks the end of the regular season for Southern.
With 110 spectators in attendance, the JSU soccer complex was filled with high emotions and absolute tension. That tension was because there were a total of 10 fouls including 1 yellow card from Jackson State.
It was JSU’s senior night and at home they came ready and more than prepared to play for home field advantage.
The Lady Tigers outshot Southern University by 8, taking 20 shots while SU only shot 12. Their two goals were scored by sophomore midfielder Brianna Oswald and junior midfielder Sie’yara Wells.
Jackson State scored their first goal in the 33rd minute when Oswald with the assist by Jalana Ellis sent the first score down the net.
The Jaguars were scoreless for the first half. Just after 49 minutes of play, fifth year senior Fabiola Parra scored the only goal for Southern that evening which tied the matchup. This became Parra’s first goal of the season and unfortunately became her last.
Wells came behind after the goal in the 66th minute and like Parra scored her first goal of the season.
Sophomore goalkeeper Kendra Lewis defensively held Southern when saving 10 possible goals.
The Lady Jaguars finished their conference play with a record of 2-8. Their wins were against the Bayou Classic rival, Grambling State University, in which follows them on their rejection into postseason play with Alcorn State University and Alabama A&M.
Southern will not be participating in the playoffs this season. After defeating Alcorn State, Mississippi Valley State finished first place in the SWAC with a record of 8-1-1 MVSU will enter the SWAC tournament as the number one seed.
The 2015 soccer tournament will take place in Huntsville, Alabama at the John Hunt Soccer Complex. The top 8 seeds for the tournament are Mississippi Valley State University, Jackson State, Alabama State, Howard University, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Texas Southern, Prairie View A&M and Alabama A&M.
The tournament is scheduled for November 5-8 2015 with regular elimination rules. Last season after moving into the SWAC, Howard University took home the gold, winning against Prairie View by one goal (2-1).