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Racer Soccer Knocks Off EIU 3-0 For Perfect OVC Start
9/28/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
The Murray State Women's Soccer squad made it a 2-0 weekend with a 3-0 win Sunday afternoon against Eastern Illinois in
Coupled with the Racers' 1-0 win at
It's the first time since 2002 that MSU has started the league season 2-0. In 2002 MSU opened with wins over
The match was a 0-0 tie until the Racers scored in the 46th minute on a point-blank shot from Sophie Hargreaves that went just inside the right post on an assist from Kalli McCoy.
The Racers scored again in the 61st minute when Katie Wilson headed in a goal off a pass from Rebekah Clay.
MSU capped off the 3-0 win with another score in the 70th minute on a goal by Rachel Wright that was assisted by Nicole Evans.
“We had three different people score which was great,” MSU Head Coach Beth Acreman said. “We had some chances in the first half but we got one in at the start of the second half.”
“It was great to come out flying in the second half with some great play,” Acreman added. “Kalli McCoy had a great play to set up the first goal which really gave us momentum for the rest of the game.”
Tara Isbell made three saves and has now recorded back-to-back shut outs and four for the season.
The Racers out shot EIU 18-13 and led 9-3 in shots on goal.
“We got a solid performance from Jena Fiorannelli who anchored our back line,” Acreman said.
The Racers' next match is Sunday at 1 p.m. against UT Martin at home.
“We need to prepare ourselves for the next challenge this week,” Acreman added. “We came through the weekend very healthy.”
GAME NOTES
Isbell now has eight shut outs in her MSU career and ranks third all-time in the program. Second place is Heather Jones (2003-06) with nine and Karen Fitzharris (2000-03) holds down first place with 15.
Isbell's weekend shut outs lowered her goals against average to 1.15. Last season her average was 1.28. Her 1,019 minutes in goal leads all goalkeepers in the OVC.
Katie Wilson has scored goals in back-to-back games and has three for the season.
Wright's goal was her fourth in 2008 as it was for Hargreaves.
Through 11 games, MSU has out shot their opponents 184-105 and lead in shots on goal 84-54.
The Sunday match between the Racers and the Skyhawks will be UTM's second trip to Cutchin Field this season. They participated in the MSU-Hampton Inn Classic (Sep. 5-7) and scored a win over SIU Edwardsville and had a tie with UNC-Asheville. The Racers lead the all-time series with UTM 6-1-2. The last meeting was in
