FRIDAY'S SCORES
Jacksonville State 1, Eastern Illinois 0
@Cincinnati 4,
Morehead State 0
Belmont 3, @UT Martin 2
@SIUE 0, Tennessee Tech 0
@Austin Peay 1, Southeast Missouri 1
JACKSONVILLE STATE 1, EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Following heavy rain all week in Charleston, Illinois, Eastern Illinois and Jacksonville State faced off in women’s soccer on Friday afternoon in a constant drizzle in Champaign, Ill., playing at the Judah Christian Field of Dreams. JSU would score in the 77th minute to pick up a 1-0 win in the match.
EIU dropped to 5-9-1 overall, 0-6 in the OVC. The Panthers will host Tennessee Tech on Sunday at 1 p.m. for senior day. A decision on location for the match will be made on Saturday based on playing conditions for Lakeside Field. JSU improved to 5-7-2, 2-4 in the OVC.
EIU and JSU played a scoreless first half with both teams firing a number of shots off. JSU had nine first half shots and 18 total shots for the match. EIU finished the first half with six shot attempts and ten attempts for the game.
The difference in the match came in the 77th minute when Danielle Monroe played what appeared to be a slow rolling shot back towards the EIU goal. The ball was misplayed and rolled all the way through to the back of the net for the only score of the contest.
JSU had a total of ten shots on goal with Sara Teteak making the other nine saves. Caroline Robinson pitched a shutout making the two saves she needed two in the win for JSU.
Henar Urteaga and Kate Olson recorded the two shots on goal for EIU. Both players also led EIU with three shot attempts each.
BELMONT 3, UT MARTIN 2
MARTIN, Tenn. - Belmont women's soccer edged UT Martin, 3-2, Friday night at Skyhawk Field. The victory was the Bruins first road win of the season and moved them to 8-4-1 overall and 4-2-0 in conference play.
After getting out to an early 2-0 advantage BU relinquished a pair of goals forcing them in a do or die situation in the final 30 minutes of the match. Junior forward Megan Michela (Carol Stream, Ill.) broke up the standstill in the 72nd minute, securing the win while keeping up the squad's trend of scoring a trio of goals.
Only three shots into the match the Bruins took an early advantage after freshman Julie Garst (Franklin, Tenn.) orchestrated a trick play at the top of the 18-yard box. After sprinting down the field, Garst halted to a stop and sent the ball across the field. In the midst of the cross, sophomore Anna Brock Hawkins (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) tricked the Skyhawk defense by leaping over the ball and giving junior Jessi Boozer (Brentwood, Tenn.) an open look at goal to send it in the back of the net and put BU up, 1-0, in the 15th minute.
With 30 minutes expired in the first half Belmont temporarily doubled its lead on a beautiful serve from Heather Ferrari (Duluth, Ga.) who took a free kick from behind the midfield line and found the back of the head of junior Tara Austin (Beaumont, Texas). Austin's goal was the first since her rookie season and added a cushion for the Bruins as the Skyhawks netted a goal on their next possession. Kaci Martin also used her head to bring UT Martin within one tally.
The Skyhakws controlled the tempo of the match in the early goings of the second frame, letting off six shots in the opening 17 minutes. They knotted up the game in the 62nd after Danae Kaldaridou snuck the ball past sophomore keeper Lily Herman (Springboro, Ohio) to even the match, 2-2.
While the Bruins fought for possession for much of the last stanza, they were able to get quality shots off. One of their best looks came from Garst who found herself in a one on one situation with the UT Martin keeper, Erica Myers, who blocked the shot and tallied her sixth save of the night.
Belmont broke up the stalemate on Garsts next run down the field as she fired a bullet at Myers who blocked the ball but couldn't coral it. Michela collected the rebound and lightly tapped the ball in the frame to put BU back on top, 3-2.
Eight wins in a single season ties a record during the Coach Henson era. The last time the squad tallied eight in a season was in 2012. The team outshot UT Martin, 17-14, and landed 11 on goal.
SIUE 0, TENNESSEE TECH 0
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE looked to pick up points in the Ohio Valley Conference standings, and they did just that with a scoreless draw against Tennessee Tech.
One of the best attacks of the night from SIUE came in the first half when Caroline Hoefert's shot hit off the crossbar. The Cougars put up five shots in the first half to only one by the Golden Eagles.
In the second half, play picked up a bit with multiple attacks from each team.
There was only three combined shots in both overtimes.
Peyton Roehnelt finished the game with three shots, all on goal. Hoefert recorded two shots on the night.
Tennessee Tech's Tina Marolt led the team with three shots. Tech goalkeeper Kari Naerdemann recorded four stops in the game.
AUSTIN PEAY 1, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Southeast Missouri soccer (4-6-3, 1-2-3) and Austin Peay (7-5-2, 2-3-2) played to a 1-1 draw Friday evening.
The match served as SEMO's final road match of the regular season. The Redhawks will return to Houck Field for the final four regular-season matches beginning Sunday against Belmont.
Despite being outshot 15-11 in the match, Southeast matched the Govs' four overtime shots to make the most of double overtime. Esmie Gonzales, who scored SEMO's lone goal, led the way offensively all evening with four shots, putting two on goal. Lauren Kaempfe had three shots, a new season high for the junior.
Kindra Lierz played the entire 110 minutes in goal for the Redhawks. The senior allowed one goal and made five saves.
A quartet of Redhawks, Jasmin Hilliard, Shay Darga, Maddi Karstens, and Kaempfe, played the full 110-minute match.
Gonzales put the Redhawks on the board in the 30th minute. Kaempfe broke away and took the ball down field. She sent a pass ahead to Gonzales who fired to her right and into the far upper 90 of the goal.
Gonzales' goal is the second first-half goal SEMO has scored in conference play this season.
Austin Peay's Kirsten Robertson used her 10th goal of the season in the 36th minute to tie the match at a goal apiece.
The opening stanza ended with the Redhawks and Govs all knotted at one goal each. At half, SEMO trailed in shots 6-3. Along with Gonzales and Kaempfe, Paige Blankenheim also had a shot.
Southeast had a couple chances on set pieces 12 minutes into the second half. Kaempfe and Karstens each had a header off Gonzales corner kicks.
The second-half shot differential was much closer as SEMO had four shots to APSU's five as both teams were held scoreless in the half.
For the fourth time in OVC play, the game was sent into overtime.
Gonzales and Kaempfe each had shots blocked in the first overtime while Robertson fired off all three of APSU's shots in the period. Gonzales added two more including landing a shot on goal in the final overtime.
CINCINNATI 4, MOREHEAD STATE 0
CINCINNATI, Ohio - Morehead State fell at Cincinnati, 4-0, on Friday night, to close out its non-confernece schedule.
Full recap coming soon.