Southern Miss (7-2, 1-1 C-USA) entered the match on a seven-game win streak after a 3-0 loss to North Texas (6-2-1, 1-0 C-USA) on Thursday, Sept. 20.
“You have to make sure that you stick to your roles and the way you want to play,” Southern Miss Head Coach Mohammed El-Zare said. “It is a good learning experience for our young team. We have a lot of players that are freshman and sophomores on this team. [I was] really pleased with the few minutes here and there they were able to give us.”
Last season, North Texas finished in second place in the C-USA and had a 13-4-4 regular season record.