The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebel Soccer Plays Well In Houston, Hosts Alumni Game Saturday
4/3/2008 | Soccer
The Rebels spent last Saturday at an exhibition tournament hosted by the
Head coach Steve Holeman was pleased with his team’s performance near the midway point of the spring season. Ole Miss has three wins, one tie and one loss after five exhibition matches.
“Our focus was to play with intensity, play great soccer and get two good results and we did that,” Holeman said. “We also wanted to give two of our rising seniors, Jen (Hance) and Coffee (Amanda Verkin) a chance to play in front of their family and friends in
With the Rebels and Cougars knotted in a scoreless tie with just one minute left in the game, sophomore forward Hannah Weatherly beat a
Against Rice later in the day, the Owls broke a scoreless tie early in the second half on a free kick from 25 yards out. Ole Miss answered five minutes later off a successful corner kick. Johnson served the ball in to Hance, who redirected it into the box, where freshman Lily Crabtree headed it in for her second goal of the spring.
After ending regulation 1-1, the teams played one 10-minute sudden death before finishing in a tie. In the last minute of overtime, junior Austin Brown fired a shot to the corner of the goal but an Owl defender cleared it off the line to preserve the draw.
This year’s alumni game will kick off at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium. Admission is free. Fans are encouraged to then head across Hathorn Road to catch the Rebel softball team in an SEC doubleheader against Kentucky, starting at 1 p.m. The Ole Miss baseball team hosts No. 6 Vanderbilt at 4 p.m. at Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field.
