MSU Gets Soccer Win to Kick Off O'Brien's Head Coach Era

MSU gets soccer win to kick off O'Brien's head coach era

Those 5:30 a.m. wake-up calls in the preseason were worth it for the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Wednesday.

Bulldogs open soccer season with 3-0 win over South Alabama

It only took four minutes and 46 seconds, a fast break and the booming right foot of Kati Anne Shepherd for Mississippi State’s soccer team to usher in the first goal of 2026 campaign on Wednesday and send the cowbell-wielding fans into a frenzy.  The freshman from Birmingham, Ala., caught the visiting Jaguars of South Alabama off balance early with a screaming kick into the left side of the net to help start the Kevin O’Brien era with a 3-0 sea…