MONDAY'S SCORES
@Marshall 5,
Eastern Kentucky 1
@Louisville 2,
Southeast Missouri 0
MARSHALL 5, EASTERN KENTUCKY 1
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Junior Cassie Smith scored her first goal of the season, but the Eastern Kentucky University soccer team fell at Marshall, 5-1, on Monday at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex.
Smith – the second-leading scorer in EKU history with 13 career goals – finally found the back of the net in the 59th minute on Monday, taking a pass from sophomore Emmi Carroll and driving home a low shot to the far post to cut Marshall’s lead to 3-1.
However, the Colonel momentum was short-lived. Just over a minute later, Marshall’s Sydney Arnold scored to make it 4-1. Two minutes after that, Arnold struck again, this time scoring on an uncontested breakaway to put the game of out reach.
Freshman Bailly Bounds led Eastern with two shots in the game. Smith, Carroll, senior Mikala Ferguson and sophomore Jordan Foster all attempted shots on goal.
Erin Simmons paced the Marshall attack, attempting six shots, scoring two goals and recording an assist.
Senior Samm Melton and junior Shawn Zellers split time in goal for the Colonels. Melton played the first 59 minutes and made three saves. Zellers played the final 31 minutes and made two saves.
Freshman defender Kacy Eckley was the only Colonel to play all 90 minutes of the affair.
EKU will look to get on track on Sunday, September 13, when the Colonels travel to Cincinnati to face Xavier at 1:00 p.m.
LOUISVILLE 2, SOUTEHAST MISSOURI 0
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Southeast Missouri soccer team fell to the University of Louisville (2-2-1) Monday evening, 2-0.
Southeast falls to 2-2-1 on the season. With the loss, Southeast's longest road winning streak in program history is snapped. The new record stands at seven games and ran from Sept. 19, 2014 to Aug. 21, 2015.
The Cardinals scored in the eighth minute of the game when Shelby Cohen scored an unassisted goal from about 30 yards out. The shot sailed in over a leaping Kindra Lierz and into the back of the net to go up on Southeast, 1-0.
The Cardinals kicked a penalty kickIn the 25th minute. Hannah Konermann's kick was high, keeping the score at 1-0.
At the end of the first half, Louisville led Southeast in shots, 7-2. The Cardinals put four shots on goal while the Redhawks put one on goal. Lierz recorded three saves in the half. The Redhawks had the only corner kick of the match up to that point.
The Cardinals extended the lead to 2-0 in the 80th minute of the match. Alison Price netted her first goal of the season off a cross from Rachel Avant.
The Redhawks were outshot in the match, 16-5. The Redhawks put two shots on goal while the Cardinals put five on goal. Louisville had two corner kicks while Southeast had one. Louisville was called for six fouls and Southeast for four.
Natasha Minor put up three shots in the match to lead the Redhawks, while putting one of those shots on goal.
Lierz (2-2-1) played the full 90 minutes. She allowed both goals and recorded three saves in the match.
Paige Brown played the complete 90 minutes in goal for the Cardinals and made two saves in the shutout of the Redhawks.
The Redhawks will continue their road swing this weekend in Florida. Southeast will play Florida Atlantic on Friday and Lynn University on Sunday.