Tigers allow no shots on goal as Brown, Ivey and Husbands score in dominant SEC home victory
AUBURN, Ala. | Auburn held Ole Miss without a shot on goal and got goals from Gracie Brown, Grace Ivey and Kennedy Husbands in a 3-0 victory Friday night at the Auburn Soccer Complex.
The Tigers (5-1-3, 1-0-1 SEC) earned their first Southeastern Conference win of the season and posted their seventh shutout in nine matches.
“It’s a big three points with a clean sheet,” Auburn coach James Armstrong said. “We talked to the girls about having to earn the victory, and I think we did that tonight with our effort.”
AUBURN BUILDS EARLY LEAD
Brown opened the scoring with her second goal of the season, converting off a corner kick.
Ivey doubled the lead six minutes later, finishing a ball played in by Layla Sirdah. It marked the second straight meeting with Ole Miss in which the senior scored.
Auburn entered the match as one of eight teams nationally with at least 70 corner kicks this season and continued to make its set pieces count. The Tigers generated eight corners against the Rebels and scored twice from them.
