2018 Murray State Soccer Game Notes

2018 MURRAY STATE SOCCER GAME NOTES

EVENT INFORMATION EVENT INFORMATION Murray State vs Vanderbilt MURRAY STATE RACERS VANDERBILT COMMODORES Date-Time: Nov. 11, 2018 | 7 p.m. (13-4-1) | OHIO VALLEY: (7-3-0) (15-3-1) | SOUTHEASTERN: (8-1-1) Site: Nashville, Tenn. Pitch: Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex TV: Streaming-Video: Live Stats: Series Overall: 0-2-0 Home: 0-0-0 Away: 0-2-0 Neutral: 0-0-0 First Meeting: Oct. 22, 2009, MSU lost 0-4 at VU Last Meeting: Sept. 21, 2016, MSU lost 0-4 at VU Last VU Win: Oct. 13, 2013, MSU lost 0-4 at VU Head Coach: Matt Lodge Head Coach: Darren Ambrose Last MSU Win: N/A Career: (13-4-1) | At MSU: (13-4-1) Career: (194-98-43) | At VU: (46-27-8) (1st Season) (4th Season) STATS COMPARISON MSU VANDY STORY LINES 36...... Goals...... 41 19...... Goals Allowed...... 11 The Murray State soccer team travels this weekend to face the Vanderbilt Commodores in the opening round of the 26...... Assists...... 29 2018 NCAA Tournament in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday at 7 p.m. 340...... Shots...... 244 (.106)...... Shot %...... (.168) The Racers earned an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons following a 2-1 155...... SOG...... 124 victory over UT Martin in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship game last weekend. With back-to- (.456)...... SOG%...... (.508) back NCAA Tournament berths for the first time in history, Saturday’s match marks the fourth NCAA appearance for 79...... Saves...... 53 Murray State soccer. (1.04)...... GA Avg...... (0.57)

The Racers will make their way back to the Volunteer State for their NCAA first-round appearance for the second consecutive year. MSU took on the Tennessee Volunteers in the opening round last year in Knoxville. 2018 SCHEDULE

The Racers look to spoil another lengthy home unbeaten streak this season at the Vanderbilt Soccer Complex, as the AUGUST Commodores enter Saturday posting a 9-0-1 home record on the year, and have remained unbeaten in their last 12 10 Samford (Exh.) Home Lost 1-2 games on home turf. 17 Western Kentucky Home Won 1-0 19 Northern Kentucky Home Won 2-1 MSU previously ended the home win streak of Austin Peay, who had won 23 games straight before the Racers’ 2-1 victory in Clarksville. In the OVC finals, Murray State also snapped the UT Martin Skyhawks’ 11-game home win 24 IUPUI Home Won 3-0 streak in Martin. 26 Ole Miss Away Lost 0-3 31 FAU Home Won 3-2 Abby Jones has had a breakout entry into the league, becoming the fourth Racer in MSU history to earn OVC Fresh- SEPTEMBER man of the Year honors. 7 Chattanooga Away Tie (2OT) 2-2 After recording her 10th assist of the season in the OVC championship game, Jones surpassed Lauren McAdams’ 13 Southeast Missouri Away Won 4-1 (2000) to hold the new MSU assist record. McAdams recorded nine assists in Murray State’s inaugural season in 16 Georgia Away - - 2000, a record that withstood for 18 seasons before Jones secured her 10th assist last weekend. 21 Eastern Illinois Away Won 2-1 Jones also posts a freshman best 26 points, topping Jackie Thomas’s prior record of 25 points during her freshman 23 *SIUE Away Lost 1-2 campaign in 2000. 28 *Tennessee Tech Home Won 2-0 30 *Jacksonville State Home Won 4-0 Tickets for Saturday’s contest are on sale now, as admission will be $10 for adults and $5 for students while children under two will be admitted for free. Fans can call the Vanderbilt University Ticket Office at 615-322-4653 or by OCTOBER visiting vucommodores.com and clicking on the ‘Tickets’ section. On Saturday, the McGugin Ticket Office will open 05 *UT Martin Away Lost 1-3 for sales beginning at 6:00 pm. 12 *Austin Peay Away Win 2-1 14 *Belmont Home Win 4-1 Murray State has faced the Commodores two previous times, in 2009 and 2016, with the latest match coming in a 4-0 MSU loss in Nashville. VU takes the series with a 2-0 record over the Racers. 19 *Morehead State Home Win 2-0 21 *Eastern Kentucky Home Lost 0-1 The Racers and Commodores have shared three common opponents this year in Ole Miss, Tennessee Tech and 26 #OVC First Round BYE - - Western Kentucky while posting an identical 2-1 record against the squads. The Dores faced TTU in an exhibition 28 #OVC Quarterfinals BYE - - match, defeating the Golden Eagles 1-0 while posting another clean sheet against WKU in a 2-0 win. Vanderbilt also fell in a contest against Ole Miss 1-0. NOVEMBER 02 #OVC Semifinals EIU Neutral Win 1-0 It will be a competitive matchup against MSU’s Abby Jones and Vanderbilt’s Haley Hopkins, as each earned Fresh- 04 #OVC Finals UTM Away Win 2-1 man of the Year honors for their respective conferences. Jones leads the Racers with 10 assists and 26 points while * OVC Games BOLD - Home Game Hopkins leads all Commodores with 12 goals and six assists. # - OVC Tournament -quarterfinals at campus sites semifinals and championship at regular season winner 2018 MURRAY STATE SOCCER GoRacers.com | @MSURacers | @RacerSoccer

2018 Murray State Roster PRONUNCIATIONS

No Player P H C Hometown (Previous School) SYMONE Cooper Sim-own 1 Cera Prather GK 5-9 Fr. Acworth, Ga. (Allatoona HS) Lydia GROGAN Grow-gan 2 Cori Cain F 5-6 Sr. Noblesville, Ind. (Noblesville HS) Karsyn HASCH Hah-SH 3 Caroline Ashton F/M 5-7 Sr. Fishers, Ind. (Guerin Catholic HS) Emma HEISE Hice 4 Lydia Grogan F/M 5-7 Fr. Murray, Ky. (Murray HS) JOSELLE MORCHE Jo-Zelle More-Shay 5 Miyah Watford F 5-7 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Samford) Lauren NOSAL No-sall 6 Kayla Travis M/F 5-5 So. Calvert City, Ky. (Marshall County HS) CERA Prather Sarah 7 Arianna Mendez M 5-6 Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Eastern HS) Allison SAMISCH Sam-ish 8 Annamarie Arino M 5-5 So. Powder Springs, Ga. (Hillgrove HS) Alex STEIGERWALD St-eye-GER-wald 9 Abby Jones F 5-5 Fr. Powell, Ohio. (Olentangy Liberty HS) ELIZABETH Tilton Goes by Lizzy Tilton 10 Izzy Heckman M 5-4 So. Powder Springs, Ga. (Harrison HS) 11 Karsyn Hasch D 5-4 Jr. Temecula, Calif. (Great Oaks HS) 13 Alex Steigerwald GK 5-8 Sr. West Chester, Ohio (Lakota East HS) MEDIA INFORMATION 14 Joselle Morche D 5-7 Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Peachtree Ridge HS) Weekly Media Availability: Head Coach Matt Lodge is 15 Katie Brooks F 5-11 Sr. Madisonville, Ky. (North Hopkins HS) generally available before and after each practice. Player 16 Allison Samisch D/M/F 5-10 Jr. Collierville, Tenn. (Briarcrest Christian HS) interviews are limited to one day per week for players. 18 Lauren Nosal D 5-7 Sr. St. Peters, Mo. (Francis Howell HS) Contact the SID for more information. 19 Symone Cooper M 6-2 So. Loganville, Ga. (Grayson HS) Post-Game Interviews: For home games, Coach Lodge 20 Rebecca Kubin F 5-3 So. Lake Zurich, Ill. (Lake Zurich HS) and select MSU players will be available near the MSU 22 Katie Bickers C/M 5-7 Fr. Henderson, Ky. (Henderson County HS) bench after a 10 minute cooling off period. 23 Ellie Lewis D/M 5-3 Fr. Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville Community HS) 24 Elizabeth Tilton F 6-1 Jr. Denton, Texas (Billy Ryan HS) GENERAL INFORMATION 25 Emma Heise F 5-11 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop McNicholas HS) 27 Ann Taylor M 5-6 So. Murray, Ky. (Murray HS) Location Murray, Ky. (42071) 28 Reagan Pittenger F 5-3 So. Murray, Ky. (Calloway County HS) Founded 1922 29 Ashley Zimmerman M/D 5-4 So. Paducah, Ky. (McCracken County HS) Enrollment 10,017 30 Marley Hall F/M 5-8 Fr. Coral Springs, Fla. (Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS) Colors Navy & Gold Nickname Racers Coaching Staff Conference Ohio Valley Head Coach: Matt Lodge (Kentucky, 2012), 1st season Arena CFSB Center (8,600) Assistant Coach: Ryan Jones (Marywood, 2015), 1st season President Dr. Bob Jackson (Interim) Director of Athletics Velvet Milkman (Interim) Assistant Coach: Taylor Stevens (Murray State, 2015), 2nd season Athletics Faculty Rep. Dr. Dave Gesler http://content.sportslogos.net/logos/35/895/full/oz59klw60uzer5pralxhznrl1.png 2018 VANDERBILT ROSTER

NO. NAME Pos. Yr. Hometown (Previous) PRONUNCIATIONS 00 Taiana Tolleson Goalkeeper Jr. Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - Konawaena Kaylann Boyd ...... Kay-LANN 1 Lauren Demarchi Goalkeeper Jr. Hudson, Ohio - Walsh Jesuit Brook Colangelo ...... Ca-lan-ga-low 2 Mikala Rhody Defender So. Jacksonville, Fla. Cristina De Zeeuw ...... da-ZAY-oh 3 Madiya Harriot Defender So. Davie, Fla. 4 Brook Colangelo Midfielder Sr. Fayetteville, Ga. Nia Dorsey...... NEE-ya 5 Myra Konte Defender So. Woodbridge, Fla. - Orbourn Park Hannon Eberts...... EE-burts 6 Leila Azari Forward So. Jacksonville, Fla. - The Bolles School Kaitlyn Fahrner ...... FAR-ner Ken Ma- 7 Grace Jackson Midfielder Jr. Atlanta, Ga. - The Lovett School suhr...... MA-sewer 8 Olivia Simmons Defender So. Rockledge, Fla. - Rockledge Danae O’Halloran ...... oh-Howl-a-ran 9 Kaylann Boyd Forward Jr. Atlanta, Ga. - Greater Atlanta Christian Danielle Snajder...... Snider 10 Caroline Saltmarsh Midfielder Jr. Atlanta, Ga. - North Atlanta Gabrielle Rademaker...... raid-a-maker 11 Paola Ellis Midfielder So. Collierville, Tenn. - Houston Myra Konte...... con-tee 12 Hannon Eberts Forward Jr. Somers, N.Y. - Somers 13 Nia Dorsey Forward Jr. Elkridge, MD. - Our Lady of Good Counsel 14 Jacqueline Welch Forward Sr. Winnetka, Ill. - Indiana 15 Madison Elwell Forward So. Ambler, Pa. - Wissahickon 16 Kayla Eason Defender So. Henderson, Nev. - Coronado 17 Haley Hopkins Forward R-Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. - Mater Dei 18 Blair McDonald Defender Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. - Chadwich School 19 Gabrielle Rademaker Defender Sr. East Lake Florida - East Lake Coaching Staff 20 Rebecca Rossett Forward So. Woodbury, N.J. - Woodbury 22 Ella Shamburger Defender Fr. Atlanta, Ga. - Westminster School Head Coach: Darren Ambrose 23 Mairin Boyle Midfielder Fr. Burlington, Ontario - Dr. Frank J Hayden (USC Spartanburg, 2014), 4th Season 24 Raegan Kelley Midfielder Fr. Atlanta, Ga.. - Westminster School Associate Head Coach: Ken Masuhr 26 Peyton Cutshall Midfielder Fr. Humble, Texas - Atascocita HS 31 Karissa King Forward Fr. Ventura, Calif. - Whispering Oaks Christian Assistant Coach: Kelly Keelan 32 Sarah Fuller Goalkeeper So. Wylie, Texas - Wylie Volunteer Assistant: James Landham 33 Madi Allen Midfielder Fr. Oviedo, Fla. - Oviedo