No. 21 Vanderbilt at RV Mississippi State
Thursday, Oct. 16 • 6 p.m. • SEC Network+
MSU Soccer Field • Starkville, Miss.
Series History
• Vanderbilt dominates the all-time series with Mississippi State boasting a 20-2-1 record
• The programs haven’t met since the 2023 season, when the Dores visited Mississippi State and tallying a 0-0 draw
• In Starkville, Vandy is 10-0-1, with the lastest resulting coming in 2023
• Under head coach Darren Ambrose, Vanderbilt has faced the Bulldogs six times, allowing only three goals while the Dores posted nine goals
The Opponent
• Mississippi State enters the contest 9-3-1 (4-2-1 SEC) and are coming off a 1-2 loss at Florida on Friday night
• The Bulldogs have not lost a regular-season match at home since Sept. 21, 2023, going 16-0-3 in that span
• The Bulldogs boast an SEC-leading 13 goals in the 70th minute or later, including a conference-best seven in the 80th minute or later
Scouting Report
• The Bulldogs will be without leading scorer Ally Perry on Thursday night after she was shown a red card
in the team’s last match at Florida. Perry leads the team in goals (seven), assists (assists) – which are a career high and points (20)
• Zoe Main, a junior forward, has the second-most team points (12) and goals (five) and scored to open the scoring in the last two matches for the Bulldogs
• Sophmore goalie Sarah Wommack boats a 9-3-1 record, tallying over 1100 minutes in goal. Wommack has made 39 saves on the year and allowed 14 goals
Last Time Out
• Courtney Jones powered No. 21 Vanderbilt soccer to its ninth clean sheet of the season with a 2-0 victory over Missouri at the Vanderbilt Soccer Complex on Friday night.
• Vanderbilt registered its 10th win of the year, for the sixth time under head coach Darren Ambrose. It marks the first time with back-to-back 10-win seasons since 2018 and 2019
• The Commodores (10-3-1, 4-2-1 SEC) controlled play throughout, dominating possession at 66 percent and outshooting the Tigers 19-5. Jones opened the scoring in the 12th minute off a dish from Reagan Pentz to register her fourth goal of the season. Just eight minutes later, Jones doubled the lead with her second of the night, finishing a setup from Olivia Stafford to make it 2–0
• Keeper Sara Wojdelko tallied one save to collect her sixth shutout of the year and 17th of her career as Vanderbilt secured its third straight SEC victory. The Commodore defense kept Missouri (4-9-1, 1-6-0 SEC) to only one shot on goal, while goalkeeper Kate Phillips finished with six saves on the night for the Tigers
10 Scorers, 12 Dishers
• So far this season the Commodores have had 10 individuals find the back of the net, five of which have on multiple occasions
• Sydney Watts leads the pack with nine goals, while Courtney Jones has five and Olivia Stafford has four. Maci Teater, Adysen Armenta and Susanna Soderman each have two
• The Dores have dished 18 assists this year, with 12 different getters
• Freshman Reagan Pentz leads the way with five while Olivia Stafford has four and Maci Teater has three. Courtney Jones and Mary Beth McLaughlin have each dished two
• Vandy has outscored its opponent 29-7 and out dished its opponent 23-4
