Lodge wins Coach of the Year, players recognized in OVC awards
Posted By: Simon Elfrink
April 22, 2021
Rachel Essner
ressner1@murraystate.edu
The Murray State soccer team closed out the 2020-21 season after a loss in the OVC semifinals game against SEMO on Thursday, April 15. Prior to the tournament, Murray State was awarded a multitude of regular season awards, as well as the OVC Regular Season Championship. The Racers were awarded five honors among seven members, a tie for the most awards in program history with the 2008 and 2017 seasons.
Senior defender Izzy Heckman closed out her career with the Racers by earning two OVC honors. Heckman was named to the All-OVC First Team for the second time in her career and earned OVC Defender of the Year, the second player in program history to do so after Tara Isbell in 2008. Heckman tallied two assists in the season and defended the back line, keeping opponents to a total of only nine goals in the season and three shutouts.