Racers Prep for Final Stretch of the Regular Season

Murray State Women's Soccer (8-7, 3-3) will travel to Tennessee Tech on Thursday for a bout with the Golden Eagles at Tech Soccer Field in Cookeville, Tennessee. Originally slated for a 7 pm start time, the two sides agreed to move the gametime to 5 pm due to potential inclement weather.

With 27 goals scored in 15 games, the Racers are the top scoring offense in the OVC so far this season. Forward Chloe Barnthouse and midfielder Lauren Payne pace the Racers with four goals each on the year. Freshman centerback Morgan Bodker is tied for the OVC lead with five assists to begin her collegiate career.

Hailey Cole has the hot boot for Murray State recently, winning OVC Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors for her brace and assist against SIUE last week.

Scouting Report

Tennessee Tech enters the contest with momentum, going 3-0-1 in their last four matches including a victory over first-place UT Martin.

Chloe Smith leads the Golden Eagles offense with two goals and three assists on the season with Bailey Taylor scoring two goals as well. The Golden Eagles have scored 10 goals in 11 games.

Goalkeeper Isabelle Austin has allowed just 16 goals on the year while collected 54 saves in nearly 1100 minutes played.

Series History

The contest will be the 24^th all time meeting between the sides with Murray State leading the series 13-8-2. The sides have played tightly while at Tennessee Tech with the record in Cookeville being 5-5-1.

The match will be streamed on ESPN+ and live stats can be found at GoRacers.com.

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Players Mentioned

Chloe Barnthouse

Morgan Bodker

Hailey Cole

Lauren Payne

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