Women's Soccer Sam Rhodes

Murray State Reaches Semis With 1-0 Win at Indiana State

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Murray State Soccer took down Indiana State 1-0 in the quarterfinal round of the MVC Soccer Championships. The Racers took two shots all afternoon. Both were on target, one of them went in, and Isa De Santos Gomez took care of the rest.

Addison Howell scored in the 33rd minute off a Reagan Tate assist and De Santos Gomez made eight saves for a clean sheet as the fifth-seeded Racers upset No. 4 Indiana State 1-0 on Sunday at Memorial Stadium, advancing to the Missouri Valley Championship semifinals.

Murray State (5-8-6) was outshot 14-2 and out-cornered 7-1 by a Sycamore side (8-4-7) that led the conference in both categories during the regular season. The Racers did not attempt a shot in the second half, and didn't need it.

De Santos Gomez was stellar in goal, recording her first shutout of the season and third of her career. The junior goalkeeper, making her fourth consecutive start, stopped three in the first half and five in the second, matching the Murray State single-match high of the season and recording her first shutout of the year. Indiana State put eight of its 14 attempts on target and found her every time.

Tate, a senior defender who had not registered an assist all season, supplied it, and Howell finished in the 33rd minute for her third goal of the year and her second in four days. Murray State's only other shot, from senior Sami Wilson in the 39th minute, was also on target.

The Racers have not lost since Sept. 26, a run of eight matches, and have conceded just five goals across it. They committed 10 fouls to Indiana State's seven and neither side was cautioned.

The two sides finished the regular season level on 13 points and drew 1-1 at Cutchin Field on Oct. 25, with Indiana State taking the higher seed. Murray State has now won its last two trips to Terre Haute without conceding and is 3-1-2 against Indiana State since joining the Missouri Valley. The all-time series is level at 5-5-3.

Murray State plays at regular season MVC champions Drake in the semifinals on Thursday.

Box Score Notes

  • Murray State won a match in which it took two shots. Its previous season low was four, at Ole Miss and at Notre Dame, and the fewest it had taken in a win was six against UIC.
  • Both Murray State shots were on target, and one of them scored.
  • Murray State was outshot 14-2. The 12-shot deficit is the largest in any Racer win this season. The previous largest was four, against UIC on Oct. 11.
  • Isa De Santos Gomez made eight saves, matching the Murray State single-match high of the season set twice by Griselda Revolorio. It was her first shutout of 2026 and the third of her career.
  • De Santos Gomez has started four straight and is 2-0-2 in 2026. Her career line reads 11 appearances, nine starts, 30 saves, three shutouts and a 4-1-4 record.
  • Murray State has six shutouts this season.
  • Addison Howell has three goals and four assists for 10 points and has scored in each of the last two matches. She has five career goals and 13 career points in 35 matches.
  • Reagan Tate recorded her first assist of the season and the second of her career.
  • Murray State is unbeaten in eight straight, 4-0-4, and has not lost since Sept. 26.
  • Murray State played without Breece Bass, who led the Racers with six goals, 15 points and 49 shots in the regular season and was named to the All-MVC First Team this week.
  • Murray State has won its last two matches in Terre Haute by a combined 3-0, following a 2-0 win on Oct. 30, 2025.