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MSU Soccer Home Against JSU - Looking For Four Straight Wins
10/10/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
The Murray State Women's Soccer squad looks to keep their Ohio Valley Conference record perfect with a Friday 3 p.m. match at Cutchin Field when they take on the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.
The Racers are off to the best start in program history with three straight wins including a thrilling come-from-behind victory last Sunday at Cutchin by a 2-1 score over UT Martin. MSU started the conference season with road wins at Southeast Missouri 1-0 on Sep. 26 and at
After the JSU game, the Racers travel to
GAME NOTES
The MSU-JSU Series
The Racers and
Coming Up for MSU
After MSU plays JSU and Alabama A&M this weekend, they hit the road next weekend for an OVC trip to Eastern Kentucky and
The next home matches for
A good plan comes together
The Racers defense and offense have improved as the season has progressed and lately both have been excellent. In OVC play, MSU has outscored opponents 6-1 and have out-shot opponents 46-31, including a 24-15 advantage in shots on goal. Goalkeeper Tara Isbell is allowing a goals against average of only 0.33 per game, the best in the league.
The price is “Wright”
Freshman Rachel Wright was this week's Pepsi-MSU Athlete of the Week after her two-goal performance in the Sunday win against UTM. Wright's multi-goal performance was the second time she has done it and the fourth time for the team this season. Renata Figueira scored two against Louisiana-Monroe (Sep. 14), Wright did it against UNC Asheville (Sep. 5), and Sophie Hargreaves scored a pair against
Racer streak now at five
MSU is unbeaten in five straight games dating back to their last loss on Sep. 12 against
Home field record
The Racers are 4-3-1 this season at Cutchin Field.
