Marshall University Athletics
Women's Soccer Opens the Regular Season at Cleveland State
8/21/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Aug. 21, 2010
HUNTINGTON, W.Va .- The Marshall University women's soccer team begins its 2010 campaign on the road against Cleveland State on Sunday afternoon at Krenzler Field. Kickoff is set for 1:00 p.m. EST.
MU hopes to build off its 2009 success, a team that finished the season with a program best 12-7 record (5-6 C-USA) and fell one game shy of making its first-ever Conference USA tournament appearance. The Herd returns eight starters from last year's roster, including Preseason All-C-USA selection Erika Duncan (Easthaven, Scotland) and 2009 All-Freshman team member Sarah Vinson (Amelia, Ohio).
Cleveland State looks to bounce back from a 3-14-1 (2-5-1 Horizon League) 2009 effort. The Vikings return 14 letter winners from last season and welcome eight newcomers to the squad.
The Thundering Herd defeated VMI 2-1 last Saturday, August 14 in its only preseason match. Second half goals from Casey Walsh (Chalfont, Pa.) and Robin Waskowski (Strongsville, Ohio) gave the Thundering Herd the come from behind victory.
"We are all very excited for the season to start. Cleveland State was a very competitive team last year and it will be a great measuring stick to see where we have both come in the off-season," MU head coach Kevin Long said.
"I'm eager about Sunday," Long continued. "We're going to have a lot of young players on the field and hopefully get the season started on the right foot."
Marshall is in command of the all-time series, winning the two previous meetings between the schools. A 2-0 opening day victory last season jump started a seven game win streak for the Herd.
Sunday's match will be available for viewing online by clicking http://www.horizonleaguenetwork.tv/live/1578. Video will not appear until 10-15 minutes prior to kickoff.
GameTracker is available for Sunday's match as well at http://herdzone.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/sched/mars-w-soccer-sched.html.
