CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University's soccer team opens its 25th season with an exhibition match at Southern Illinois at 4 p.m., Friday, at Lew Hartzog Track & Field Complex in Carbondale, Illinois.

The Governors are coming off a 0-11-7 overall record from the 2025 season, where Austin Peay finished the season sixth in the Atlantic Sun Conference Gold Division standings. It looks to turn a new page as it sets its sights forward and heads into the United Athletic Conference this season. It starts with an exhibition against Southern Illinois, which was 10-6-3 overall a season ago and finished fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference standings with a 4-4-1 conference record.

Austin Peay is 3-1-2 in exhibition matches under head coach Kim McGowan after blanking Belmont (Aug. 9) 1-0 at home last season in its last exhibition before the regular season.

Still Here

Austin Peay returns 14 players from the 2025 season - one more than the previous year. Of those 14 is junior midfielder Kiley Reese, who was named to the All-ASUN Freshman Team in 2024.

New Faces

The Governors welcome 12 newcomers on the 2026 roster, which includes six transfers and six freshmen - two of whom are from the state of Tennessee.

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