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AUBURN, Ala. - The 18th-ranked Auburn soccer program notched its fifth-consecutive win in dominating fashion by defeating Mississippi State, 3-0. The Tigers (10-4-0, 6-1-0 SEC) grabbed goals from Kristen Dodson, Ellie Leek and Brooke Ramsier on a picture-perfect Sunday at the Auburn Soccer Complex.Im really pleased with our performance, said head coach Karen Hoppa. We played great defense allowing zero shots in the first half, which really set a good tone for us. Im happy we picked up the third goal, got a lot of players minutes today and it was a really good team effort.Auburn kept the pressure on all afternoon as it held a 20-4 advantage in shots and forced the Bulldogs (6-8-0, 1-6-0) into making seven saves.The Tigers almost went ahead 19 minutes into the match as they drew the goalie away from her goal, but the Mississippi State defense cleared two shots off the line to keep the match scoreless.Just nine minutes later, Leek broke the deadlock after receiving a ball from the duo of Taylor Troutman and Courtney Schell and flicking it into the back of the net.The back post was empty, Courtney Schell was about to cross the ball in and Casie [Ramsier] jumped to make the keeper miss and I had the easiest goal I was ever going to score in my career, stated Leek.In the 37th minute, Brooke Ramsier doubled Auburns lead to 2-0 after scoring from a nearly impossible angle on a corner kick.We had been practicing [corners] all week, so when I hit it in my teammates had great pressure to distract the goalie so she wasnt able to see it went in, said Brooke Ramsier.The Tigers maintained a 2-0 lead at the half and held the Bulldogs without a shot in the opening 45 minutes of play.Sixteen minutes into the second half, Dodson recorded her sixth goal in the last four matches and put the contest out of reach at 3-0. Bri Folds and Schell combined to register assists as the cross into the box was headed home by Dodson for her team-leading ninth goal of 2016.The score line remain unchanged in the final 30 minutes and sent the Tigers to their fifth-straight conference win.In total, Auburn played a season-high 22 players with three players logging season-bests in minutes played. Alyse Scott, Ashton Brock and Kerry Dunn each recorded a season-high with 22, 17 and four minutes on the pitch, respectively. Scott even tallied a save in final moments.The Tigers move to 92-1 when scoring three-plus goals in a match since Hoppa was appointed in 1999.Auburn returns to the field next Friday when it welcomes No. 11 Arkansas in a battle of teams currently tied for second in the conference standings. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at the Auburn Soccer Complex. Custom Buffalo Sabres Jerseys . Goals from Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller extended Bayerns unbeaten run to a record 37 matches. 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"I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. CLEVELAND -- Hue Jackson has run out of pep talks. At this point, theres only so much he can do to stop this dismal season from an even deeper descent.The Browns record is one thing.Jackson cant lose his locker room, too.As his team recovered from a 24-9 pasting from Pittsburgh, a loss that dropped Cleveland to 0-11 in 2016 and below .500 overall for the first time in 66 years, the Browns coach said its vital over the next five games for his frustrated players to keep fighting -- together.I understand how people feel about us right now, Jackson said Monday.This team is going to continue to work hard. We are going to continue to stick together because we know that is the only way success will come. We have to continue to have each others backs.The Browns are hoping to avoid dubious history. Three NFL teams previously went 0-11 before winning a game -- the 1975 Chargers, 1984 Bills, 2000 Chargers -- while seven had even worse starts.It cant get much worse for the Browns than Sunday, when the Steelers overpowered them, recording eight sacks, taking rookie quarterback Cody Kessler out with a concussion -- his second head injury in 28 days -- and dominating both lines from the outset.Kessler will miss Sundays game against the surging New York Giants (7-3) and its possible the third-round pick is done for the season.Josh McCown, who was sacked four times and absorbed a few more crushing hits when he came in for Kessler in the fourth quarter, will make his third start this season.The 37-year-old McCown has endured difficult seasons before, but those havent softened the impact this one is having.It is a tough, tough time for us, he said. Especially for guys who have been in the league for a little while and in our locker room, it is frustrating.But at the end of the day, we are going to continue to reload, come back to work and fight hard to make it right and get it going. We owe it to the rest of the guys in the locker room, the coaches, the people in the organization and the city to get this thing turned around.Some of the frustration is beginning to boil over.Following Clevelands 21st loss in 22 games, Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor, one of the lone bright spots in an otherwise depressing season, vented his feeling by calling out some offensive teammates for not doing a better job of proteecting the Browns quarterbacks.ddddddddddddryor didnt name names, but there was no hiding his anger. And unlike Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas, he didnt lay blame on Clevelands front office for gutting the clubs roster during the offseason to build for the future.Pryor spoke from his heart, which seems fractured.They cant keep getting hit like that, and if I want to voice my opinion, Im going to voice my opinion now, because its going on too much, he said. I dont care if youve got to hold these dudes. Hold them and take the damn penalty and stop getting our quarterbacks hit. I hate that.While Jackson appreciated Pryors passion, he didnt like his message.That is not Terrelles job, Jackson said. I know he is frustrated and we all are. No doubt, we need to protect our quarterback, but that is not for him to say.Lets focus on ourselves and support each other. That is what good teams do, and that is what we are going to work to become.Jackson spoke with Pryor, who caught five passes for 97 yards, another performance that will only help his bargaining power in getting a contract extension from the Browns.Sometimes, like most people, after the game and after the heat of the moment, you are a little frustrated and maybe you say some things that you wish you hadnt, Jackson said.I understand it is coming from a good place. I know that no one wants to see our quarterback getting hit, but I think everybody has to let me be the judge of that.As for Jackson, it appears he hasnt lost the confidence of his players, who remain supportive despite a season testing everyones patience and stomachs.We stand 100 percent behind him, linebacker Christian Kirksey said.Jackson is weathering the storm the only way he knows -- head on. He wasnt prepared to lose on this scale, but hes determined to not let the losing slow him down.I know what I signed up for, he said. I truly believe I am just the man for the job. That has not shown, and I respect that and I understand how our fans and all feel, but I am not running from this. I am going to run through it. We are going to fix this. That is what I came here to do.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL . ' ' '