BRANDON — On the bright side, Warren Central got to see how it stacked up against some of Mississippi’s best teams and had plenty of chances to work on its defense this weekend.

Other than that, it was a tough couple of days at the Brooke Welch tournament.

Abby Phillips scored three goals and assisted on another Saturday, and top-ranked Tupelo scored six goals in a 16-minute span to cruise past Warren Central 6-0.

It was the Lady Vikes’ (3-4-1) third shutout loss of the tournament, with all of them coming against state powers. They took a 3-0 loss to Gulfport on Friday night, then were blanked 2-0 by Brandon on Saturday morning.

“I’m not disappointed with the effort we gave. You can see the experience mixing with the inexperience,” WC coach Trey Banks said. It’s just about gelling. Playing these teams will eventually improve our team.”

Despite being dominated from the outset against Tupelo — the Lady Wave outshot WC 17-1 — the game was scoreless for most of the first half. Phillips finally broke the ice in 19th minute when she intercepted a goal kick at the 25-yard line and returned it over the head of keeper Katie Humphries for a 1-0 lead.

That score started a deluge for Tupelo (9-0). Phillips curled in a corner kickin the 23rd minute, and Georgia Russell and Maddie Russell each scored before halftime to make it 4-0.

Phillips and Charde Hannah added goals in the first five minutes of the second half to stretch it to 6-0.

(B) WC 5, Oxford 0

Erik Chappell scored three goals, and Markus Renner added a goal and an assist as Warren Central (8-0) remained undefeated with a rout of Oxford.

Tre Wilson also scored a goal for WC, while Chandler Bounds and Michael Mason each had an assist.

In their final game of the tournament, Chappell scored twice as the Vikings shut out Madison-St. Joe 2-0. WC outshot the Bruins 12-3, and allowed less than 10 shots on goal total in its three tournament games. Chappell totaled eight goals on the weekend.

(G) Newton County 2,

Vicksburg 0

Newton County scored two goals in the first five minutes, then made it stand up in a win over Vicksburg (3-5).

It was the second loss of the tournament for the Missy Gators. They fell 3-2 to Greenville-St. Joe on Friday night. Tabitha Hayden and Maya Thomas each scored a goal for VHS.

(B) Pearl 4, Vicksburg 0

Chase Ming scored three goals and Jonathan Herald added one to lead Pearl (5-1-3) past a short-handed Vicksburg squad. The Gators (4-4-1) were missing five starters who were playing in a select tournament.

On Friday night, with its full lineup, Vicksburg played Madison-St. Joe to a scoreless tie.