Soccer Returns Home for Senior Day Sunday

MOREHEAD, Ky. -- The Morehead State soccer team returns home to honor its senior class this weekend. The Eagles take on Easten Illinois Sunday at Jayne Stadium at 1 p.m. ET. Morehead State is currently 8-5-5 overall and 3-3-2 in conference action, while EIU is 2-13-2 overall and 1-6-0 in the OVC.

Following the match, the Eagles have just one more regular-season contest on the slate, Oct. 31 at Eastern Kentucky.


Ways to follow the match:

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Live stats will be available for Sunday's match. The match will also be shown live on the Ohio Valley Conference Digital Network with Zack Howard providing commentary. Updates will be available on Twitter and Facebook. 


Releases and pre-match information:

MOREHEAD STATE (PDF) | EASTERN ILLINOIS | OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE


Notes heading into the weekend:

Series Tidbits
EIU leads the series 12-4-3. The Panthers defeated MSU 1-0 in Illinois last season.

Big Improvement
Morehead State finished its non-conference slate 5-2-3. That was a four-win improvement over last season when the Eagles were 1-7-1. Morehead State is currently 8-5-5 overall, 3-3-2 in the Ohio Valley Conference and 6-1 at home this year.

A Whole Lotta Corners
Morehead State leads the Ohio Valley Conference with 104 corner kicks this season. The Eagles average 5.7 corners per outing.

The Golden Nugget
At Southeast Missouri, junior defender Kimberly Golden notched Morehead State's only goal and her third of the season.  The Eagles fired 11 second-half shots, but could not come up with the win.  

Seniors Aplenty
MSU will celebrate Senior Day Sunday. After having only one senior in 2013, the roster features 10 this season. Eight are four-year players, while Holly Tilley and Lindsey Oettle are redshirt seniors.

Moving on Up
Senior Jade Flory has 25 career goals in 39 matches at MSU. She needs only five more to tie the career record held by Rebekah Kendall (2004-07) and Christina Moore (2000-03).

Champions Aren't Born; They're Made
Morehead State owns five OVC championship trophies. The Eagles have won the regular season title twice (2009, 2010) and claimed three tournament championships (2008, 2010, 2013).

The Man In Charge
Head Coach Warren Lipka is in his sixth season at Morehead State with a record of 52-50-18. He is in his 22nd season as a collegiate head coach with a career mark of 233-187-47. Lipka was named the OVC Coach of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2013.