MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Morehead State soccer team will begin its 2019 campaign at home against Butler on Thursday evening at 7:00 p.m. ET. It will mark the first match for the Eagles at their new home, the MSU Recreation & Wellness Intramural Field.
 
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MATCH POINTS

• Morehead State and Butler will meet on the soccer pitch for the first time on Thursday. In fact, the Bulldogs have not faced a team from the Ohio Valley Conference since playing to a 0-0 tie at home against UT Martin on Sept. 2, 2012.
• For the first time since 2015, the Eagles will open their season at home. That season-opening match saw MSU fall 2-1 against Illinois-Chicago. Despite the loss, Morehead State regrouped and finished the season by making a run to the OVC Tournament semi-finals.
• Also, for the first time since 2001, Morehead State will play a regular-season home match away from Jayne Stadium. The Eagles will begin a new chapter on the MSU Recreation & Wellness Intramural Field.
• No matter the starting lineup, Morehead State will start a freshman goalkeeper in the season-opening match. Whether it be Grace Gaffney or Kayla Landman that gets the call, it will mark the first time a freshman has opened a season in goal since Hannah Seeman began the 2012 campaign in net against Akron. Eva Helgadottir, who is now playing professionally in Iceland, marked the most recent time a freshman keeper to made a start which came against Bowling Green in a 2-1 road win on Aug. 25, 2016.