Murray State University Athletics
MSU Soccer Team Builds Before Mercer Exhibition
8/15/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
The Murray State Women's Soccer team opens their 2008 season with an exhibition match in
The Racers were picked second in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll, a year after posting a third place finish and a club record 11 victories. MSU finished 11-8 and set several program records along the way.
The Mercer Bears are also a second place pick in the Atlantic Sun Conference. Mercer was 11-7-2 in 2007 and finished second.
MSU played its blue-gold scrimmage last Saturday where the blue team came away with a 3-2 victory. Three-time All-OVC pick Rebekah Clay scored a pair of goals and Sophie Hargreaves had a pair of assists for the blue team.
With a good showing in the blue-gold scrimmage, the Racers will use the Mercer match as a final warm-up for when the score begins to count next week.
“This is going to be great to see ourselves against an opponent,” MSU Head Coach Beth Acreman said. “Our players have a chance to show themselves in a real game and we can evaluate them.”
The Racers' match in
MSU Head Coach Beth Acreman also made this trip into a team-building event. Last winter the idea of taking the team away from campus for a short period of time was hatched. The team would go on the road, not necessarily for a match, but for the squad members to get to know each other in a non-game setting.
Acreman took the team to Horns Creek Resort in
“We thought of doing this back in December and it was a lot of fun,” Acreman said. “It was a good time to gel and become team. We've had a great two days of team building on this trip.”
After the exhibition, MSU returns home Aug. 22 for their season opener with a 3 p.m. contest at Cutchin Field against
