FOLEY, Ala. – Junior Morgan Cross scored twice in the final five minutes and 39 seconds as the University of South Alabama soccer team overcame Arkansas State, 2-1, to win the Sun Belt Championship Sunday afternoon at Foley Sports Tourism.
The Jaguars were an offensive threat the entire game, but it had appeared that the Red Wolves had solved USA's attack. South took 18 shots, with eight on goal in the first 84 minutes of the game and were unable to crack the scoreboard. Freshman Kailey Littleford created a space by shifting around two defenders, and driving the end line before poking the ball through a gap in the defense to a wide-open Cross as she turned the pass into the top of the net, and erased the Arkansas State lead.