9/1/2011 1:20:00 PM | Soccer
JACKSONVILLE – After opening the season with four straight road matches, the Jacksonville State soccer team will make its home debut on Friday, hosting the 3rd Annual Adidas Gamecock Classic at the JSU Soccer Field.
JSU will test New Mexico State in the second match of the day at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Techsters of Louisiana Tech and Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee Tech opens the two-day, four-match event on Friday at 5 p.m. The 2011 classic features a pair of teams from the same conference. NMSU and LA Tech compete in the Western Athletic Conference, while Jax State and TTU are OVC rivals.
The Lady Techsters enter the weekend on a roll with a 3-1-1 overall mark, having claimed a 1-0 decision over Troy in their last outing. NMSU and TTU come to Jacksonville with 2-2-0 records after the first two weekends of competition. Jax State will be searching for its first win of the 2011 campaign after dropping road matches at Mercer, Middle Tennessee State, Southern Mississippi and South Alabama.
Freshman Courtney Hurt leads JSU in shots with ten attempts through her first four matches on the collegiate level. Junior Katie Manns has turned in five attempts. Senior captain Emily Bielaga has been a mainstay in the Gamecocks' backline.
The weekend wraps up on Sunday with a Noon match with TTU and NMSU, followed by JSU and LA Tech at 2:30 p.m.
JSU will test New Mexico State in the second match of the day at 7:30 p.m. The Lady Techsters of Louisiana Tech and Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee Tech opens the two-day, four-match event on Friday at 5 p.m. The 2011 classic features a pair of teams from the same conference. NMSU and LA Tech compete in the Western Athletic Conference, while Jax State and TTU are OVC rivals.
The Lady Techsters enter the weekend on a roll with a 3-1-1 overall mark, having claimed a 1-0 decision over Troy in their last outing. NMSU and TTU come to Jacksonville with 2-2-0 records after the first two weekends of competition. Jax State will be searching for its first win of the 2011 campaign after dropping road matches at Mercer, Middle Tennessee State, Southern Mississippi and South Alabama.
Freshman Courtney Hurt leads JSU in shots with ten attempts through her first four matches on the collegiate level. Junior Katie Manns has turned in five attempts. Senior captain Emily Bielaga has been a mainstay in the Gamecocks' backline.
The weekend wraps up on Sunday with a Noon match with TTU and NMSU, followed by JSU and LA Tech at 2:30 p.m.
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