McCleary’s Late Game Winner Lifts Skyhawks Past Jax State

Sunday, September 20

Martin, Tenn.

6 p.m.

UT Martin

2-4-5, 0-0-0

Jacksonville State

3-5-2, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Jacksonville St.	0	0	0
UT Martin	0	1	1

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McCleary’s Late Game Winner Lifts Skyhawks Past Jax State

9/20/2026 9:13:00 PM | Soccer

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MARTIN, Tenn. – With 22 seconds left in the University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team's non-conference finale Sunday at Skyhawk Soccer Field, Addy McCleary finally broke through for the Skyhawks to give them a 1-0 win over Jacksonville State.

UT Martin peppered the Gamecocks all game, finishing with 19 total shots and 10 on target. Then, with under a minute to play, Gi Verdi sent the ball from midfield to the left side of the box, where Peyton Cook found Nasti Tanninen in front of the goal. Tanninen tapped the ball to McCleary, who sent it into the back of the net for the game-winner.

The Skyhawk backline clamped down on a Jax State offense that entered the game averaging 13.8 total shots and 6.4 on goal by limiting the Gamecocks to just two total shots and none on target. Mac Titus picked up her third clean sheet of the season, and while she ended the night with no saves, she had two booming shots on goal from around midfield.

The season begins in earnest next Sunday for the Skyhawks when they open Ohio Valley Conference play at Southern Indiana in Evansville at 1 p.m.