Oct. 20, 2006
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Game Notes
Live Stats vs. Mississippi State (Sunday)
Vanderbilt Soccer Honors Seniors In Home Finale; Hit The Road On Sunday
Vanderbilt will honor five seniors on Senior Night in the regular season home finale against Ole Miss on Friday at 7 p.m. at the VU Soccer Complex. The senior day function will take place pre-game. Tickets are only $3 for adults and $1 for youth. The Commodores will then finish off the weekend with a road game against Mississippi State on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Series History
vs. Ole Miss: Vanderbilt leads 3-1-3. The last four meetings have gone into overtime.
vs. Mississippi State: Vanderbilt leads 7-1 all-time including a 2-0 win last year in Nashville.
Polls (NSCAA- National Soccer Coaches Association) (SB- Soccer Buzz) (ST- Soccer Times) (SA- Soccer America) (TD- Top Drawer Soccer)
Ole Miss and Mississippi State are not ranked nationally. The Rebels are ranked 12th in the Central Region by Soccer Buzz.
Vanderbilt is ranked 21st by TD and are receiving votes in the NSCAA poll. They are ranked fifth in the Central region by the NSCAA and ninth by SB.
The Coaches
VU’s Ronnie Coveleskie is 66-59-23 in her eighth season overall as a head coach and is 51-38-21 in six seasons in Nashville.
Ole Miss’ Steve Holeman is 130-93-17 in 12th season in Oxford. He is 137-99-20 in his 13th season overall.
MSU’s Neil McDonald is 15-33-7 in his third season in Starkville.
Live Stats
Check www.vucommodores.com for live stats and updated information on the Vanderbilt Soccer team throughout the season.
Team Tidbits
Amy Baumann scored both Vanderbilt goals in the 2-1 overtime win over Georgia last Friday in Athens. Baumann doubled her career single season best with the outing and now has four goals on the year … After the Commodores 2-1 overtime loss to #11 Tennessee, the team has now played nine OT contests in 16 games overall on the year … The team’s three losses on the year have come against nationally ranked programs (William and Mary, Florida, Tennessee) … Amy Wilcox scored her second goal of the season in Sunday’s game against UT … The Commodores will play their final regular season home game of the year against Ole Miss on Friday. Prior to the game the team will honor its five seniors: Kari Boersma, Monica Buff, Tyler Griffin, Lea Lafield and Susan McAleavey … The team will then play the final two regular season games on the road against Mississippi State and Kentucky … The team needs two more wins to reach double digit wins in back to back seasons for the first time since the 1997-98 seasons … With the win against Georgia, the team assured itself of a winning season, and achieved that feat in back to back years for the first time since 1997-98.