Women's Soccer Recaps - October 26

Women's Soccer Recaps - October 26

SUNDAY'S SCORES
Southeast Missouri 0, @Morehead State 0
Lindenwood 1, @Little Rock 1 
@UT Martin 5, SIUE 1
@Tennessee Tech 2, Eastern Illinois 0 
Southern Indiana 1, @Western Illinois 0

 

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 0, MOREHEAD STATE 0
MOREHEAD, Ky. - Southeast Missouri (2-14-2, 2-5-2 OVC) and Morehead State (3-13-2, 1-6-2 OVC) played to a 0-0 draw on Sunday.

SEMO goalkeeper Madison Geisler recorded three saves to secure the shutout.

Despite the draw, SEMO's performance in the match has qualified them for the OVC Tournament.

LINDENWOOD 1, LITTLE ROCK 1 
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. 
- The Lindenwood women's soccer team (8-4-5, 5-2-2) closed the regular season with a 1-1 draw at Little Rock (7-3-6, 5-0-4 OVC) on Sunday afternoon. Maddy Vasiloff scored in the 89th minute to secure the point.

Lindenwood outshot Little Rock 6-4 in the first half with five shots on goal while limiting the Trojans to just one. The Lions also created a steady advantage on restarts, drawing a total of 11 fouls while committing just two of their own, but were unable to find a goal in the opening 45.

Little Rock was able to flip the script after halftime, outshooting the Lions 9-3 following the break, and in the 85th minute, a cross into the box by LR's Claire Silvestro deflected off a LU defender and into the net for an own goal. However, Lindenwood was able to find an equalizer with less than two minutes remaining, as Maddy Vasiloff lofted a ball from the right side of the box over the Trojan goalkeeper and into the opposite side of the net.

Lindenwood is now 3-0-2 all-time against Little Rock with a 1-0-1 record on the road. The Lions extended their unbeaten streak to a season-long five matches.

UT MARTIN 5, SIUE 1 
MARTIN, Tenn.
 - The University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team turned in one of its best performances of the season Sunday, taking down SIUE, 5-1, at Skyhawk Soccer Field in Martin on Senior Day.

UT Martin took control of the match early when Ava Huntrods and Add McCleary set up Peyton Cook for a goal in the fifth minute. Fourteen minutes later, Huntrods assisted Allie Buchmann on her goal that gave the Skyhawks a 2-0 lead. Alexandra Weihs took a feed from Unni Wolf and Ayja McCleary to give their team a 3-0 lead at the break.

Just minutes into the second half, Wolf scored a goal of her own off passes from Abbie McHenry and Cook. In the 74th minute, Cook capped the scoring for UT Martin with her second goal of the day with an assist from Caroline Moore. With just 33 seconds left in the match, the Cougars broke up the shutout bid from the Skyhawks on a goal from Akeelah Omokhua, but it was too little, too late for SIUE, as UT Martin walked away with the 5-1 win.

Mac Titus played just over seventy-five minutes in the match and made three saves. Molly Corgan finished out match, allowing just one goal with two saves. The Skyhawks took 24 shots in the match, placing 17 on frame, while SIUE took 13 shots with six on goal. The five goals by UT Martin were not only a season high, but marked the first time since 2020 that the Skyhawks have scored at least five goals.

TENNESSEE TECH 2, EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. 
-  It was a historical Sunday for the Tennessee Tech soccer team in the club's regular-season finale against Eastern Illinois.

The Golden Eagles scored in each half on the way to a 2-0 win over the Panthers to clinch the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship for the fourth-consecutive year. Tech officially hoists the crown outright after Little Rock and Lindenwood's tilt ended in a 1-1 draw to push the purple and gold to 21 conference points. Little Rock finished the regular season with 19 points.  

Tech's title puts the Golden Eagles in rarified air as only the second program in OVC history to claim a regular-season four-peat. Samford secured four championships in a row from 2003-06. The Golden Eagles have now won five regular-season crowns in program history.

In TTU's final year in the league, Tech will receive a double bye and the No. 1 seed in the OVC Tournament. The Golden Eagles earn the right to host the tourney semifinals and championship match for the fourth-consecutive year.

Tech (6-6-7, 6-0-3 OVC) joins Little Rock, who posted a 5-0-4 OVC mark, as the first teams to cap off an undefeated conference campaign since the Golden Eagles accomplished the feat in 2022. TTU also tied the 2023 and 2017 Golden Eagle clubs for the program's longest unbeaten streak, now at nine straight.

Tech jumped on the board in the 16th minute behind Natalie Howard's team-leading seventh goal of the season. The sophomore forward received a cross from Katie Toney before promptly burying the chance to push the Golden Eagles to a 1-0 edge.

Toney, who earned an assist on the play, would go on to score her fifth goal of the season in the 55th minute to extend Tech's lead to 2-0 early in the second half. The McMinnville, Tenn. native capped off a three-point afternoon after capitalizing on a loose ball in front of the net for her fifth goal of the season and 21st of her career.

Toney ended the regular season with a goal in four of the last five matches. The senior forward led all players in the contest with a career-high seven shots.

Defensively, Tech collected its third-consecutive clean sheet in limiting the Panthers to just six shots. EIU (8-7-3, 5-3-1) attempted only one shot in the first half.

Senior keeper Maggie Conrad tallied four stops en route to her 22nd career blanking. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa product also broke the tie with Carly King (2001-04) for the second-most career wins in program history with her 29th victory.

EIU keeper Ella Kratocvhil collected three saves. Six different Panthers accounted for the team's six shots.

SOUTHERN INDIANA 1, WESTERN ILLINOIS 0
MACOMB, Ill. 
- Western Illinois women's soccer closed its 2025 season Sunday afternoon at John MacKenzie Alumni Field, falling 1-0 to Southern Indiana in Ohio Valley Conference play.

The Screaming Eagles netted the match's only goal in the 79th minute when Anna Depenbrock scored off assists from Emerson Grafton and Emma Thurston.

Freshman goalkeeper Lillian Johns turned in another strong effort in net for the Leathernecks, finishing with seven saves — six of which came in the second half.

Kayla Turner was the only Leatherneck to register a shot on goal, while Claire Brown and Hana Daoudi each added attempts in the second half.