Villacres Posts 12 Saves, Sooners Too Much For Murray State

Sunday, September 18

Murray, Ky.

12 p.m.

Murray State

1-6-1, 0-0-0

Oklahoma

5-2-2, 0-0-0

Oklahoma

Murray St.

Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics

Villacres Posts 12 Saves, Sooners Too Much For Murray State

9/18/2022 3:25:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Murray State goalkeeper Jenna Villacres collected 12 saves as Oklahoma took down MSU 2-0 in tough battle

Murray State battled with Oklahoma to a 2-0 defeat on Sunday afternoon at Cutchin Field as Jenna Villacres highlighted the match with 12 saves for the Racers. The dozen saves from Villacres is the second most in her career after she saved 13 shots against Samford in 2019.

Villacres faced 17 shots from the Sooners with 14 being on goal. The Racers defense held OU to their lowest goal count since September 8 after the Sooners put up five and four goals in each of their last two games.

Freshman Megan Wilson led the Racers with two shots on the day while the MSU squad would be up six total shots on the day from five different players.

"We talked this week about winning the individual battles all over the field," coach Matt Lodge said. " I thought we did a good job with that. They were big, physical, and fast, and I thought our back four did a phenomenal job and Jenna was fantastic."

The Racers now set their sights on rival Belmont to start Missouri Valley Conference play on Thursday. Murray State will host the Bruins at 3 p.m. at Cutchin Field to begin the inaugural MVC campaign.