Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
Indiana State
11/7/2026 3:46:00 PM | Women's Soccer
MURRAY, Ky. - Murray State and Indiana State finished the Missouri Valley season with identical 3-2-4 records and 13 points apiece, drew their only meeting 1-1, and will settle it Sunday afternoon in a conference quarterfinal at Terre Haute.
Indiana State took the No. 4 seed and the home pitch advantage after their win over Southern Illinois to close out their regular season slate. The fifth-seeded Racers arrive unbeaten in seven straight, a 3-0-4 run that is the longest of their season and that included their first road win of the year, 3-1 at Evansville on Nov. 1. Murray State closed with a 2-2 draw against Belmont in which it took a season-high 18 shots, 16 of them after halftime and most of them while playing a player down.
The teams met at Cutchin Field on Oct. 25, where Murray State outshot Indiana State 15-5 and earned 13 corner kicks to the Sycamores' two but could not find a winner. Murray State won its last trip to Terre Haute 2-0 on Oct. 30, 2025.
- Junior forward Breece Bass leads Murray State with six goals, 15 points, 49 shots and 22 shots on goal and has three of the team's four game-winners. She is fourth in the Missouri Valley in shots and tied for eighth in points.
- Addison Howell has scored in each of the last two matches and leads the Racers with four assists. She set career highs against Belmont with five shots and four on goal.
- Abbey MacDonald has played every minute of the season, the only player on the Racers to do so.
- Ten Racers have scored in 2026, and 16 of Murray State's 19 goals have come in the second half.
- Murray State has four yellow cards in 18 matches, the fewest in the Missouri Valley by four, and is the only team in the league that has not attempted a penalty kick.
- Indiana State leads the all-time series 5-4-3, but Murray State is 2-1-2 in the five meetings since joining the Missouri Valley.
Scouting the Sycamores
Indiana State finished 8-3-7 and has lost once since Sept. 27. The Sycamores drew seven times, the most in the Missouri Valley, and four of those came in their last six conference matches before closing the regular season with a win.
They led the conference in shots with 238 and in corner kicks with 97, and ranked second in scoring margin at plus 1.28, scoring 36 goals and allowing 13. Indiana State is 5-2-1 at home.
Emely Lopez leads the Sycamores with five goals, five assists and 15 points, and Meagyn Riffle has a team-high 35 shots. Goalkeeper Sofie Zoëga Hansen is third in the Missouri Valley in both goals-against average (0.73) and save percentage (.800), with 48 saves across 1,485 minutes.
