The Murray Tigers handed the Marshals just their second loss of the season in a 2-0 shut out. Murray came into the game 3-1-1 following 1st Region All ‘A’ Classic wins over Mayfield and St. Mary and a 1-1 draw against University Heights following a shootout and penalty kicks. The Marshals, at 7-1 have out-scored their opponents 40-7 in their seven wins so far this season.
Scoreless in the first half, Murray scored their first goal in the 60th minute of the game by senior forward Zak Mathis on an assist by Nick Bokeno and Mathis made it a 2-0 game less than three minutes later, a carbon copy of the first goal, going out wide to the right and crossing the ball into the left side of the net.
A very physical game throughout, Coach Donnie Heath was happy with his team’s effort when down 2-0 towards the end of the game saying, “we could have laid down but they were still fighting.”
“I want to give credit to Murray High and Coach Rosa”, Heath said. “They had a plan…it was a very unique plan, but they implemented that pretty well.” Heath added that they will use the game as an opportunity to learn from it.
Murray had nine shots, five on goal, one corner kick and three cards in the very physical game. Two cards including a red were given to senior midfielder Ryan Messinger who will have to sit out the Tigers next two games against Calloway County and Graves County. The Marshals had 16 shots, two on goal, six corner kicks, 12 fouls and two cards.
They will have a week off from competition before hosting Ballard Memorial at home September 4th.
