Going into the weekend with two wins, the Ole Miss Rebels hope to continue their streak while facing off against the University of Memphis at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 and Lipscomb University at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28.
Sophomore CeCe Kizer passes the ball to a teammate during last week’s win over ULL. After winning SEC Freshman of the Year for her amazing performance last season, Kizer plays a key role in the teams success.
Ole Miss, ranked No. 19, and Memphis, who received votes in the NSCAA poll this week, are both undefeated after their opening weekends. Memphis defeated Southeastern Louisiana (4-1) and Western Kentucky (2-0) last weekend.
The Rebels lead the all-time series, 10-6-2, over Memphis and hold the series advantage in games played in Oxford, 6-3-1 entering Friday.
After playing the Memphis Tigers, Ole Miss will venture into new territory by playing Lipscomb for the first time ever. Lipscomb tied Belmont 1-1 and beat Vanderbilt 2-0 last weekend. The Bisons will play Mississippi State on Friday night before heading to Oxford to take on Ole Miss.
This is the first time the women’s soccer team has had a 2-0 lead in a season since 2013. Winning both games this weekend would bring them to a 4-0 record, marking the eighth time a Rebel team has accomplished this feat.
Scoring four goals in the opening weekend, senior forward Addie Forbus moved up to a tie for eighth all-time in career goals (26) and career points (69). Her four goals also put her tied for first nationally for the most goals of any player in opening weekend.
In addition to Addie’s record-setting performances, sophomore goalkeeper Marnie Merrit was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week after her back-to-back shutouts against UL-Lafayette (3-0) and Northwestern State (3-0). Merrit is also fourth in career goals allowed average (1.00) and tenth in career saves (96).
The Rebels have continued the last season’s offensive theme of scoring early. Forbus scored only 42 seconds into the game against UL-Lafayette, and the Rebels shot 31 times in the game against Northwestern State last Sunday.
Admission is free to all Ole Miss soccer home matches. All 1,355 fans that came out to support the women’s soccer team take on UL-Lafayette set a record for the eighth-largest crowd in the history of the stadium.
In honor of National Dog Day on Friday, free hotdogs will be given to the first 150 fans who Tweet a picture of them and their dog tagging @OleMissSoccer using #WAOMSoccerPups. On Sunday night, the Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi is bringing about awareness for ovarian cancer with Kickin’ Cancer Night.
