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The preseason ended on a sour note for Auburn’s soccer team when they lost to Memphis 2-0 Saturday.
Memphis opened the scoring in the 17th minute when Saorla Miller scored on a deflected penalty kick. They added on in the 85th minute to put the game away.
“Memphis is a great team, so this was a good second exhibition to help gear us up for top-25 play,” head coach Karen Hoppa said. “We saw some really good performances and we saw some big areas that we’ve got to improve in, so we need to go into Thursday with a little bit of a chip on our shoulder. We weren’t good enough today, and we need to take that feeling into our first game and really learn and grow from it in a hurry.”
Auburn will open the season against the reigning Conference-USA Champions Old Dominion on Thursday, Aug. 18 at home. The game will start at 6:30 p.m. CT.
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