POPLARVILLE, Miss. — The Pearl River women’s soccer team fell Friday against rival No. 4 Jones College, losing 3-0.

Pearl River (1-3 overall; 0-1 MACCC South) looked to get on the board first narrowly missing a goal in the 7^th minute. Erin Clifford (Ocean Springs) crossed a ball into the box where Aubrey Wawrek (Long Beach; Our Lady Academy) was standing. The Wildcat forwarded head the ball but the Jones College (2-1; 1-0) goalkeeper dove to her right to make the save.

The Bobcats had a chance to break the scoreless match in the 12^th minute, but Aníta Guðmundsdóttir (Kópavogur, Iceland; Flensborg) dove to her left to make the save, keeping the teams knotted up at 0-0.

Jones College had another chance to take the lead in the 37^th minute, but Guðmundsdóttir was able to punch away the ball to keep the match scoreless.

The ‘Cat Fight’ remained scoreless going into the half.

In the 58^th minute Jones College scored to break open the match, taking a 1-0 lead.

The Wildcats nearly tied the contest in the 64^th minute when Aubrie Edwards (Biloxi) booted a corner kick into the box, finding Delaney Owen (Gulfport) whose shot attempt went just above the crossbar.

Just three minutes later, Owen played a through ball over the top to Sydney Salter (Vancleave), but Salter was unable to find the back of the net.

Jones added on two goals in the 84^th and 89^th minute to claim the contest 3-0.

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Pearl River hits the road on Tuesday to take on Southwest. The match will begin at 2 p.m.

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