Box Score Southwest Lady Bears Soccer had arguably its greatest start to a season to date in 2025. However, the undefeated run came to an unfortunate end Friday night at the hands of the No. 12 Gulf Coast Bulldogs by a score of 4-1.
 
"They are 12^th in the nation and our conference, we say it time and time again, is super-competitive," Southwest head coach Nicole Cooper said. "We knew that we had a challenge tonight and just in certain moments, we were inconsistent and it cost us goals."
 
The Lady Bears (6-1-2, 2-1-1 MACCC) fell behind early as the Bulldogs scored on a corner kick in the 17^th minute.
 
Southwest continued to fight but couldn't find the equalizer. The deficit unfortunately grew in the 51^st minute as Gulf Coast took advantage of a rebound before putting the ball in the back of the net making it a 2-0 game.
 
With just under 12:00 to go Gulf Coast scored a third goal and unfortunately 2:00 later, the Bulldogs added another increasing the deficit to 4.
 
Southwest got on the board in the 80^th minute as Nicole Galvan took a free kick from about 30 yards out and placed it beautifully pulling the Lady Bears within three at 4-1.
 
The score provided momentum, but Southwest ran out of time as the Bulldogs walked away with the win.
 
The Lady Bears return to action on Friday visiting Hinds at 5 p.m.