SUNDAY SCORES
@Eastern Kentucky 1, Tennessee Tech 1 (2OT)
@Murray State 4, Belmont 1
@Morehead State 3, Jacksonville State 1
@SIUE 1, Soutehast Missouri 1 (2OT)
@UT Martin 5, Austin Peay 0
EASTERN KENTUCKY 1, TENNESSEE TECH 1
RICHMOND, Ky. - On Senior Day, it was senior Bailly Bounds’ free kick goal in the 60th minute that sent the Eastern Kentucky University soccer team to a 1-1 draw with Tennessee Tech Sunday afternoon.
After Rachel Blow scored directly off a corner kick to give TTU (6-7-2, 2-4-2 OVC) a 1-0 advantage in the 19th minute, Bounds responded for the Colonels 15 minutes into the second half, burying a free kick into the upper left corner of the net to equalize it.
It was Bounds’ third goal of the year and ninth of her career.
EKU (7-6-3, 3-2-3 OVC) proved dangerous throughout the second half, but could not convert a winning goal. The Colonels outshot the Golden Eagles, 21-8, on the day and 10-2 in the second half.
Senior Monica Rios paced the Colonels with five shots in the game, two of which were on target.
Defenders Kacy Eckley, Katie Shaffer and Jess Philpot played all 110 minutes of the rainy, double-overtime affair.
Freshman keeper Zoe Aguirre went the distance in goal and made one save to help preserve the draw.
MURRAY STATE 4, BELMONT 1
MURRAY, Ky. - Murray State defeated visting Belmont, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon. With the win the Racers improved to 10-3-1 overall and 6-2, in OVC play while the Bruins fell to 5-8-2 overall and 3-5-1 in league action.
The Racers scored three goals in the first half with two of them coming from Abby Jones. Emma Heise also found the back of the net in the first half.
Murray State's Lydia Grogan would extend the lead to 4-0 wiht a score near the 60 minute mark before Belmont would get on the board with a goal from Julie Garst.
Alex Steigerwald gave up just the one goal and made eight saves for the Racers while Belmont goalkeeper made six stops in the match.
MOREHEAD STATE 3, JACKSONVILLE STATE 1
MOREHEAD, Ky. - After falling behind in the second half, the Morehead State soccer team netted three unanswered goals to upend Ohio Valley Conference counterpart Jacksonville State, 3-1, on senior day Sunday afternoon at Jayne Stadium.
The teams played to a scoreless tie at the halftime break before the Gamecocks' Emma Meadows found the back of the net in the 53rd minute. Jacksonville State held the lead until the Eagles' offense found footing with 15 minutes remaining in regulation.
Freshman forward Colleen Swift sparked the comeback effort with a goal in the 75th minute off a well-placed cross by senior forward Cara Maher.
Swift, who now has three goals during the 2018 season, has scored in back-to-back matches while Maher has picked up an assist in back-to-back outings.
Senior defender Makenna Lavatori scored the deciding goal in the 83rd minute. Lavatori positioned herself in the right place for a rebound shot after a Morehead State corner kick was headed off the post by freshman Defender Nicole Palmer.
Lavatori's goal was the first of her career. The senior has started in 73-of-74 matches played and amassed 6,688 minutes during her time as an Eagle.
In the 86th minute senior Dani Wilson put the game out of reach by connecting on a penalty kick after the Gamecocks committed a foul on a Morehead State player in the box.
Wilson has now booted home seven goals on the season and is a perfect 2-for-2 from the penalty stripe.
Senior goalkeeper Michelle Washburn picked up the victory in goal after turning away four Jacksonville State shots. Washburn is now a perfect 3-0 against OVC opponents when starting in net for the Eagles.
For the Gamecocks, Morgan Lerch suffered the loss in goal after conceding three goals on 14 shots faced. Offensively Madison Carruthers fired two shots on goal while Meadows goal was the lone of seven JSU shots to pass by Washburn.
The Eagles improved their record 5-11 overall and are now 4-4 in conference after winning their third consecutive OVC match.
Jacksonville State dropped its record to 3-11-2 and are now 1-7 in the OVC after losing its' sixth consecutive match.
SIUE 1, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE women's soccer and Southeast Missouri played to a 1-1 draw Sunday.
The Cougars are now 5-7-1 (4-3-1 Ohio Valley Conference) and SEMO moves to 4-7-3 (2-3-3 OVC). This was SIUE's first draw of the season.
Play was a bit slow in the first half, only six shots combined from both teams.
In the 38th minute, SEMO's Esmie Gonzales had a breakaway shot for the Redhawks, but SIUE goalkeeper Jensen Schoch made a spectacular save to keep the score 0-0 going into halftime.
The pace of play picked up tremendously in the second half.
The Cougars scored right out of halftime in the 46th minute. SIUE's Becca Jostes took a corner kick, which she placed perfectly to Andrea Frerker inside the box. Frerker then ripped a low driven far post shot that beat SEMO goalkeeper Bailey Redden.
In the 62nd minute, SIUE's Courtney Benning placed a shot that beat Redden, but ended up hitting the far post.
The Redhawks had a corner kick in the 64th minute that was placed perfectly into Jermima Job inside the box, her chipped shot was saved by Schoch.
SEMO tied things up late in regulation with an 89th minute goal. Jermima crossed in the ball from the wing, placing it right to Morgan McCourt for the score.
In the first overtime, SIUE's Emma Ehrsam curled in a shot from around 25 yards out that just missed the crossbar by a couple feet.
SEMO outshot the Cougars in full-time 17-16. Benning led the Cougars in shots with three. Schoch recorded four saves on the day.
UT MARTIN 5, AUSTIN PEAY 0
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin came out firing on all cylinders as the Skyhawks downed Austin Peay 5-0 this afternoon. Amy' McGivern led the charge as she tallied the coveted hat trick – the second for the Skyhawks in 2018, as teammate Jaden Hildreth accomplished the feat against Jackson State on Aug. 26.
Today's 5-0 victory was the largest margin of victory for the Skyhawks in an Ohio Valley Conference match since a 6-0 win against Tennessee Tech on Oct. 28, 2012. Skylor Keane's goal 21 seconds into the match was the fastest to begin a match in program history, surpassing Alyssa Curtis' goal 29 seconds into the match against Morehead State on Oct. 12, 2012.
UT Martin (12-2-1, 7-0-1 OVC) saw McGivern net a trio of goals to give her five on the weekend and OVC best 11th of the season. Keane and Alice Adams also found the back of the net in the contest. Adams and Danae Kaldaridou each racked up an assist on the day. Also finding the shot column was Kaldaridou, Sara Ketis, Maggie Burkett and Alexius Thomas.
Defender Jacalyn Schubring was the lone Skyhawk to compile a complete match on the pitch. She led the back line in the contest as the defender and midfielder corps limited the Governors to just seven shots.
Goalkeeper Erica Myers tallied another clean sheet as she logged the full 90 minutes between the posts while compiling one save in the bout.
UT Martin struck in the 22nd minute to open the scoring barrage as Keane took a quick pass from Kaldaridou to sneak one past the opposing goalkeeper. Adams then found a rebound off of the goalkeeper to find the back of the net at the 10:49 mark. McGivern began her roll starting in the 17th minute as she made the most of a mishandled save by the Governors' goalkeeper. McGivern hit pay dirt again at the 53:03 mark as Adams sent a high lob from the far left side. The final goal by McGivern came in the 60th minute on a penalty kick.