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MOREHEAD, Ky. – After winning the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, Morehead State Soccer makes its first NCAA Tournament appearance in a decade as the Eagles are ready to face the event's top overall seed in Florida State. The Eagles and Seminoles will battle Friday at 5 p.m. ET at Seminole Soccer Complex.
The match will be live on ESPN+.
Morehead State enters with six consecutive victories and has never faced a national No. 1 ranked opponent.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Season Records
Morehead State (9-5-5, 6-1-2 in OVC)
Florida State (16-0-1, 9-0-1 in ACC)
All-Time Series Record, last meeting
This will mark the Eagles' first-ever matchup with the Seminoles in program history.
In the NCAA Tournament
Morehead State is making its fourth-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Here are past results.
2008 - First Round - L, 2-0 at Wake Forest
2010 - First Round - L, 2-0 at West Virginia
2013 - Forst Round - L, 2-0 at Wake Forest
NOTABLE
- Florida State represents the the sixth all-time nationally-ranked opponent for Morehead State. Here are the previous five.
2005 - No. 24 Vanderbilt - L, 1-0
2007 - No. 22 Purdue - L, 3-0
2008 - No. 23 Wake Forest - L, 2-0
2013 - No. 23 Ohio State - L, 3-2
2017 - No. 22 Cincinnati - L, 4-0
- Head Coach
Chris Fox was named the 2023 OVC co-Coach of the Year after leading the Eagles to their best OVC finish (2nd) and overall (9-5-5) record since 2015.
- MSU's four road victories are the most by an Eagle team since 2013.
Chris Fox has led MSU to seven road wins in his two seasons as head coach.
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Kate Larbes, who leads MSU with five goals, was named OVC Tournament MVP.
- The Eagles have not allowed an "opponent generated" goal in the last 583:10 or since Southern Indiana scored in the second half on Oct.1. While Tennessee Tech was credited with a goal scored on Oct. 19 it was a ricochet off one of its players on a clear attempt.
- The nine shutouts in 2023 represents the most clean sheets since the 2008 team had eight. The single-season program record is 10, set in 2006.
- Goalkeeper
Erin Gibbs has been a part of all nine shutouts, which ranks second in program history in a single season. Gibbs now has had a hand in 14 career shutouts in her two seasons, which ranks third in program history.
- Freshman forward
Hedda Ornberg's four goals scored this season is the most by an Eagle true freshman since Ashley Ritchie netted eight in 2016.
- 13 different players have registered at least one assist, which is a program record for most players with an assist.
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Kate Larbes, Nicole Fiantaco and Colleen Swift all have tallied multiple goals and assists here in the same season.
