Samford Soccer Earns Share Of SoCon Title With 6-0 Win at VMI

Sunday, November 1

Lexington, Va.

1 PM

Samford University

11-2-5, 8-0-2

VMI

0-18-1, 0-10-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Samford	3	3	6
VMI	0	0	0

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Soccer with 2026 SoCon regular-season trophy

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LEXINGTON, Va. – The Samford soccer team secured a share of the Southern Conference regular-season title with a 6-0 win at VMI Sunday afternoon.

This is the 12th regular season championship for Samford since joining the SoCon in 2008. Samford previously won or shared the title in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 spring, 2021 fall , 2022 and 2025. Samford shares the title with Furman, but the Bulldogs own the tiebreaker so Samford will be the No. 1 seed for the upcoming SoCon Tournament.

Samford now has a mark of 11-2-5 overall and 8-0-2 in SoCon play. VMI fell to 0-18-1 overall and 0-10 in league play.

Caroline Smith got the scoring started with a goal in the sixth minute. In the 12^th minute, Langston Lilly scored off an assist from Smith for a 2-0 Samford lead. Sam De Luca scored on a penalty kick in the 20^th minute for a 3-0 Bulldog advantage, which Samford would take into the locker room at halftime.

Mary-Ainsley Alack scored the first second-half goal off an assist from Bekah Allen in the 56^th minute to push the lead to 4-0. Martha Bishop netted a goal in the 64^th minute off an assist from Abby Wooten to make the score 5-0. The final goal of the game was scored by Ella Raider, her first collegiate goal, off an assist from Brooklyn Miller in the 75^th minute to bring the final score to 6-0.

The six goals scored are the most for Samford since a 6-0 win over Jacksonville State on Aug. 24, 2023. As a team, Samford outshot VMI, 18-2. Samford had 20 corner kicks, while VMI had none.

The Bulldogs will next play in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference Tournament next Sunday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m. at Shauna Yelton Field against a yet-to-be determined opponent.

SCORING SUMMARY
SAM: 6^th minute: Caroline Smith goal
SAM: 12^th minute: Langston Lilly goal of an assist from Caroline Smith
SAM: 20^th minute: Sam De Luca goal on a penalty kick
SAM: 56^th minute: Mary-Ainsley Alack goal off an assist from Bekah Allen
SAM: 64^th minute: Martha Bishop goal off an assist from Abby Wooten
SAM: 75^th minute: Ella Raider goal off an assist from Brooklyn Miller

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