FRIDAY'S SCORES
@Eastern Kentucky 1, Austin Peay 1 (2OT)
@Marian 1,
Eastern Illinois 0
@Southeast Missouri 1, Tennessee Tech 0 (OT)
@UT Martin 1, Jacksonville State 0
@SIUE 3, Belmont 1
EASTERN KENTUCKY 1, AUSITN PEAY 1
RICHMOND, Ky. - Junior Haley Kemper’s equalizer in the 63rd minute sent the Eastern Kentucky University soccer team to a 1-1 draw with Austin Peay in the Colonels’ OVC opener on Friday afternoon.
APSU – which boasted one of the best non-conference records in the OVC (5-2) – struck first when star forward Kirstin Robertson scored off a cross from Morgan Jackson in the 33rd minute at EKU Soccer Field.
In the 63rd minutes, the Colonels (3-3-2) responded. Junior Bailly Bounds sent a high, arching corner kick to the far corner of the goal and Kemper headed it in for the equalizer. It was Bounds’ first assist of the season, and Kemper’s first goal since her redshirt freshman season of 2015.
Seniors Emmi Carroll and Jordan Foster both attempted dangerous game-winners late in the game, but neither converted.
EKU edged APSU in shots, 12-11. The Colonels attempted nine corner kicks on the day, compared to the Govs’ two.
Carroll led all players in the game with five shots, three of which were on goal.
Senior goalkeeper Anna Hall made three saves to help Eastern earn the point.
Kemper and freshman defender Katie Shaffer played all 110 minutes of the draw on EKU’s backline.
MARIAN 1, EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Eastern Illinois women’s soccer had its three match win streak snapped on Friday evening losing on a penalty kick, 1-0, at Marian (Ind.) University.
EIU fell to 5-4-1 on the season. Marian improved to 5-3 on the year.
The lone goal of the match came for Marian’s Courtney Denney as she sent home a penalty kick at the 60:59 mark of the match.
EIU and Marian both had eight total shots in the match with EIU registering four shots on goal by Hannah Heinz, Kate Olson, Kayla Stolfa and Niondina Nystrom.
EIU opens Ohio Valley Conference play on Sunday at home hosting SIUE at 1 p.m. at Lakeside Field.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1, TENNESSEE TECH 0
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Freshman Lexi Grote netted an overtime golden goal in the 93rd minute of Friday's Ohio Valley Conference opener against Tennessee Tech to win 1-0.
The goal was Grote's second of the season and her first game-winner of her career. She finished as SEMO's shots co-leader with two.
In the match, Southeast was outshot 17-9 but the combination of the Redhawk defense and goalkeeping held the Golden Eagles scoreless. While they had 17 shots, TTU put only eight on goal.
Kindra Lierz started the game in goal but left in the 42nd minute after going down with an ankle injury. Maddie Gleeson stepped in and played the final 51 minutes. The two combined for the shutout and Gleeson improved to 2-0 in net this season.
Lierz made six stops, moving ever closer to the all-time saves record. She is five shy of tying the record. Gleeson made two saves during her time in goal.
Kari Naerdemann (3-4) suffered the loss in goal for TTU. She made four saves and gave up Grote's game-winner.
Shay Darga joined Grote in leading SEMO in shots with two, both from long range for the senior defender.
Dani Shartouny and Tina Marolt led TTU with four shots apiece while Karigan Owens had three of her own.
Defenders Maddi Karstens, Lauren Kaempfe, and Bri Caccavale played the full 92 minutes in the field.
Southeast was outshot in the first half. The Redhawks erased a 3-0 shot deficit to pull within one, 4-3, with 15 minutes to play. The Golden Eagles then got off seven-straight shots to lead at half, 11-3.
Paige Blankenheim put the Redhawks' lone shot on goal in the opening stanza.
The shot differential was a slim 6-5 in TTU's favor in the second half.
Just three minutes into the overtime period, Esmie Gonzales took possession of the ball and ran down the center of the field. Close to the edge of the box, Gonzales passed right to Grote who settled and fired into the back of the net to secure the victory for the Redhawks. The assist was Gonzales' third this season to move her into the lead on the team with five points (1 goal, 3 assists).
SIUE 3, BELMONT 1
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The SIUE women's soccer team defeated Belmont 3-1 in their Ohio Valley Conference opener behind Avery Anderson's goal and assist
The Cougars opened up the scoring in the 33rd minute when Andrea Frerker scored her first goal of the season off of a cross from Anderson.
SIUE went into halftime up 1-0.
The Cougars struck early in the first half when Peyton Roehnelt slotted one away with Emily Grahl assisting on the play.
In the 63rd minute Belmont made it a game with a Halle Krebs goal.
SIUE closed out the game in the 68th minute when MacKenzie Litzsinger stole the ball and placed a pass into Anderson, who put it away for her first goal of the season.
Juli Rossi finished with seven saves, including an acrobatic kick save in the first half.
UT MARITN 1, JACKSONVILLE STATE 0
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team scrapped out a 1-0 victory over Jacksonville State to begin Ohio Valley Conference play this evening.
UT Martin (3-5-2, 1-0 OVC) played gritty soccer tonight as there were a total of 37 fouls in the match. The defensive battle led to just 12 Jacksonville State and four UT Martin shots.
The Skyhawk offense was led by freshman Alice Adams, who netted her second career goal tonight. Adams found the back of the net in the 10th minute and gave UT Martin a lead it would hang on to for the rest of the match.
Freshman goalkeeper Erica Myers stood tall tonight as the Holland, Ohio native tallied five saves in the first shutout of the season for the Skyhawks.
Sara Ketis also played a key role in tonight’s match, as she was responsible for a sliding block on a potential game-tying Gamecock goal with a wide open net behind her with 14 seconds remaining that ensured a UT Martin victory.
The Skyhawks’ game-winning goal came at the 9:36 mark as Adams took the ball from a scrum of players and sent a high arcing shot over Gamecock goalkeeper Caroline Robinson’s head. It would prove to be UT Martin’s lone shot on goal for the entire match.
After Adams’ goal, the Skyhawk defense clamped down. Jacksonville State’s best look of the evening came in the 90th minute with time running out, but Ketis was there for the clutch save.