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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
Little Rock (EXH.)
Soccer Travels to Little Rock for Exhibition Match
4/14/2021 | Soccer
Rebels and Trojans Kick Things Off at 4 p.m.
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OLE MISS (10-5-0, 4-4-0) vs. LITTLE ROCK (4-7-3, 3-3-2) Thursday, April 15 • 4 p.m. • Little Rock, Ark. Coleman Sports Complex |
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QUICK KICKS
• Thursday's match between Ole Miss and Little Rock will be an exhibition and won't count towards either team's record.
• Ole Miss concluded its spring season with a perfect 6-0 record on Saturday after knocking off South Alabama 3-0. The Rebels now sit at 10-5 overall and await a possible at-large selection to be included in the field of 48 for the 2021 Women's Soccer Championships held in North Carolina.
• Ramsey Davis garnered SEC Freshman of the Week honors after netting her third collegiate goal. It marked the second consecutive week a Rebel has earned SEC Player of the Week plaudits after Price Loposer was named the conference's defensive player of the week seven days ago.
• Seven different Rebels have combined to score 14 goals this spring. Ramsey Davis, Channing Foster, Saydie Holland, Jenna Kemp, Mo O'Connor, Molly Martin and Haleigh Stackpole have all found the back of the net in 2021.
• The Rebels scored three goals in all three matches during the month of March. They tallied three in the second half against Memphis (47', 52' and 58'), three in the first half against Georgia (22', 28' and 32') and three throughout the win over Georgia Southern (16', 17' and 46').
• Ahead of the spring season, Channing Foster and Ashley Orkus were among the 56 athletes named to the watchlist for the 2020-21 MAC Hermann Trophy, the most prestigious individual award in college soccer.
• With the 32nd pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft, the Chicago Red Stars selected Channing Foster. The Senior Forward is returning to Ole Miss for the spring season and plans to play in the Fall of 2021 as well.
• In November, the SEC released its 2020 postseason awards, with Ole Miss keeper Ashley Orkus being named the unanimous choice for Goalkeeper of the Year. Orkus was also a First Team All-SEC honoree.
• Channing Foster joined Orkus on the first team, becoming just the second Rebel ever to be named All-SEC four times in a career.
BEAST MODE
After netting her third collegiate goal in Ole Miss soccer's 3-0 victory over South Alabama, forward Ramsey Davis garnered SEC Freshman of the Week honors. Davis, who scored for the Rebels in the 84th minute, claimed the first SEC weekly honor of her young career. With under 10 minutes to play, the Rebels were still battling to put one more on the board. Davis flanked left as Haleigh Stackpole and Madisyn Pezzino worked the ball inside the box. After Pezzino was unable to make clean contact on her shot attempt, Davis swooped in to clean things up and launch the ball into the upper 90, putting the final nail in to coffin. The Tulsa, Oklahoma, native has played a key role in the Rebels' success this spring, helping the team rattle off an impressive 6-0 record.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
Following a stout defensive performance in the clean sheet victory over Arkansas State, freshman defender Price Loposer has been named SEC Defensive Player of the Week, the first SEC weekly honor of her career. The freshman shut down the Sun Belt's second-leading scorer in Sarah Sodoma and helped keep the Red Wolves off the board, holding them to four shots the entire game. The Madison, Mississippi, native also eliminated the only real threat in the 31st minute as she chased down one of the Red Wolves' attackers on a breakaway and made a clutch tackle inside the box. Starting each of her last 11 matches, Loposer has been a key addition to the Rebel backline this season. She is averaging over 82 minutes per game. Ole Miss is 9-2 with Loposer in the starting XI, including six straight wins this spring.
LANDSHARK DEFENSE
At Ole Miss, Landshark is a term that was first adopted by the Rebel football team's defensive unit. As part of that identity, defensive players celebrate big plays by putting a hand to their forehead in the shape of a shark fin. This spring, a different football team on campus has adopted the Landshark defensive mindset. The Rebels have yet to allow more than 10 shots in a game, including holding Samford to five shots, Georgia Southern to two shots and Arkansas State to four shots in clean sheet victories.
WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS
During the month of March, Ole Miss had a flurry of offense, scoring three goals in each match. Against Memphis, the Rebels scored three times in a span of 11 minutes in the second half, with two goals coming from Haleigh Stackpole off both her left and right feet (47' and 52'). Saydie Holland also cleaned up a shot in the 58th minute, sending it into the back of the net. Five days later against Georgia, the Rebels scored three times in 10 minutes in the first half. Jenna Kemp recorded her first collegiate goal in the 22nd minute, followed by a Mo O'Connor goal six minutes later. Ramsey Davis capped off the scoring attack with a banger in the 32nd minute.
To close out the month, the Rebels put up 34 shots and scored three times against Georgia Southern. Two of those goals came within 57 seconds of each other. In the 16th minute, O'Connor slipped a pass to Channing Foster, who struck the ball far post past the Georgia Southern keeper from the left edge of the six-yard box. Fifty-seven seconds later, Molly Martin punched in a goal after Stackpole poked it towards her on a long throw-in. Jenna Kemp scored the final goal of the afternoon, sending home a cross from Stackpole with her head 33 seconds into the second half.
DERBY DUB
Haleigh Stackpole's brace and a flurry of offense to start the second half helped the Rebels dominate Memphis, 3-1, in the 23rd iteration of the derby between the two sides. Ole Miss came out of the half with a chip on its shoulder after the Tigers scored a last-second goal with a just a couple of tenths of a second left on the clock. Stackpole scored twice in the first eight minutes of the half as the Rebels pressed the Memphis back line and took the lead. Saydie Holland added the dagger in the 58th minute to give Ole Miss a two goal advantage. Orkus locked down the goal making five saves in the match. With the victory, the Rebels earned their first win in the rivalry in three years.
WE OVER ME
Every year, the members of the Ole Miss soccer senior class come together to create a motto for that season's team. This year, the Rebels are rallying behind the "We Over Me" mindset, the idea that no single person is bigger than the team and that the entire group of 25 must work together in order to accomplish the team's goals. A specially designed "We Over Me" logo has been created and features in various areas such as warm up gear and the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium videoboard.
STRONGER TOGETHER
In early September, Ole Miss and 12 other institutions throughout the state of Mississippi announced the launching of the "Stronger Together" initiative to unite the state's athletics programs and communities in support of togetherness, diversity and equality.
During the 2020-21 academic year, college and university athletics programs in Mississippi will incorporate a special logo on their uniforms, equipment, warm-up gear or bags. The logo will serve as a visual representation of the state's schools coming together and will feature school-specific branding with the words "Stronger Together" inside the outline of Mississippi.
The campaign was created for the state's colleges and universities to come together, listen, learn and support student-athletes through their challenges, stresses and pressures related to events around the country. As part of the initiative, the schools will unite in their efforts to promote social justice and racial equality through advocacy, awareness and education.
FOLLOW THE REBS!
Fans can keep up with all the goings on around the Ole Miss soccer program by following Ole Miss Soccer on Twitter at @OleMissSoccer, on Facebook at Facebook.com/OleMissSoccer, and on Instagram at Instagram.com/officialolemisssoccer. Also, follow head coach Matt Mott on Twitter at @CoachMattMott.
