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Racer Soccer Ready For Home after 4-0 Loss At Vanderbilt
8/31/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
The Murray State Women's Soccer squad fell to 0-2 after dropping a 4-0 game Sunday at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn.
MSU Head Coach Beth Acreman said she felt better about the Racers' game than last week when the team lost their season opener at Arkansas-Little Rock.
"It was a good effort all around," Acreman said. "We had a couple mistakes that cost us."
The Racers trailed 2-0 at the half when the Commodores scored goals in the 18th and 40th minute. Vanderbilt added two more in the second half in the 55th and 86th minute.
Tara Isbell worked the first 66:55 in goal for the Racers, with Olivia Hemme taking over for the final 23:05.
"I was pleased with how we responded against some very good competition," Acreman added. "We're going to continue to build on the positives from this match and get ready for next weekend."
Indeed, Murray State is looking forward to playing their home opener Friday at Cutchin Field when they host Alabama A&M at 4:30 p.m. The match is part of the Racer Classic which also features SIU Edwardsville and Georgia State playing at 2 p.m.
"We're looking forward to playing at home and we want to take the intensity we had today and improve on it," Acreman said. "We were much more committed on defense today, but we still have a lot of things to work on."
