FRIDAY SCORES
@Murray State 2, Morehead State 0
@UT Martin 3, Eastern Kentucky 1
@Tennessee Tech 2, SIUE 0
@Jacksonville State 0, Eastern Illinois 0 (2OT)
MURRAY STATE 2, MOREHEAD STATE 0
MURRAY, Ky. - Murray State defeated Morehead State, 2-0, on Friday afternoon.
The Racers improved to 10-3-1 overall and are 6-1 against conference competition. The loss snapped the Eagles three-game winning streak and set them back to 5-12 overall and 4-5 in OVC play.
Murray State's Rebecca Kubin scored goals in the 23rd and 52nd minutes to lead her team to the victory. Kubin also fired a match-high eight shots as the Racers outshot Morehead State 21-13.
Senior Cara Maher led the Eagles in the shots taken and shots on goal categories firing four shot and having two stopped by the Murray State goalkeeper.
Racers' goalkeeper Alex Steigerwald picked up the victory in goal after making six saves to preserve a clean sheet.
Eagles' senior goalkeeper Michelle Washburn came up on the losing end of the match after letting in two goals and making eight saves.
UT MARTIN 3, EASTERN KENTUCKY 1
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin soccer squad notched its fourth Ohio Valley Conference regular season title as it defeated Eastern Kentucky 3-1 this evening.
UT Martin (13-2-1, 8-0-1 OVC) kept its hot streak alive as the Skyhawks push their unbeaten streak out to 11 matches. The UT Martin offense outshot the Colonels by a commanding 30-5 margin with 21 of those Skyhawk shots coming in the second half alone. Tonight’s victory marks the first time the program has tallied 13 wins since 2012 while the 2011 squad recorded a program-high 14 victories.
Leading the way for the Skyhawks was freshman Skylor Keane as she netted a pair of goals and also connected for an assist in the match. Senior Amy McGivern found the back of the net as well while she also put up 10 shots in the bout. Alice Adams had a friendly pass that was recorded as an assist while also tallying a shot. Samantha Kelly reeled off four shots (three on goal) while the trio of Bianca McFarland, Danae Kaldaridou and Keane rapped out three shots piece. Sara Ketis tallied a pair of shots while Kaci Mitchell, Nicole Collins, Kamryn Chappell, Jaden Hildreth and Adams rounded out the shots column with one each.
In all, five Skyhawks logged 90 minutes in the matchup while five more had 75 minutes or more on the pitch. Other than the Eastern Kentucky blip in the 24th minute, UT Martin locked down on defense as the midfielder and defender corps shined.
Goalkeeper Erica Myers clocked in for a complete match between the posts. She allowed just the one aforementioned Colonel goal but also recorded a save in the bout.
Eastern Kentucky played a tight defensive set throughout the matchup and was able to crack into the scoring column first as the Colonels Erin Torrence netted a goal at the 23:49 mark. It was her team-leading eighth score of the season. UT Martin would be unable to find the back of the net in the remainder of the first half and would go into the intermission down 1-0.
The second half would remain scoreless until just over 30 minutes into the frame when a perfect storm unfolded in the span of 2:18 that turned the tide for UT Martin. McGivern knotted the score up at 1-1 at the 77:31 mark as she took a hot pass from Keane for a quick-look goal. Then in the 79th minute, Keane received a pass from Adams while she also matched up with the goalkeeper for a one-on-one goal. The final Skyhawk blow came with 79:49 on the clock as Keane stole the ball from a defender to drill into the back of the net as she faced only the goalkeeper.
TENNESSEE TECH 2, SIUE 0
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Tech took advantage of a pair of set pieces Friday night to down SIUE 2-0 in women's soccer at Tech Soccer Field.
SIUE fell to 4-4-1 in Ohio Valley Conference play and remains in third place with one regular season game remaining. The Cougars are 5-8-1 overall.
Tennessee Tech improved to 7-7-2 overall and 3-4-2 in OVC play. The Golden Eagles are tied for seventh.
Chloe Smith opened the scoring in the 25th minute. After a free kick into the box wasn't cleared, Nora Vicsek chipped the ball to Smith who buried it past SIUE goalkeeper Jensen Schoch who was diving to her left.
TTU's first goal came just five minutes after SIUE had a goal disallowed. Megan Danielson served a ball in near the top of the 18-yard box. Andrea Frerker got her head on it and knocked it over TTU goalkeeper Kari Naerdemann and into the goal before being ruled offside.
Kendall Powell scored her seventh goal of the year in the 79th minute. Powell got her head on a corner kick from Rachel Blow to push the Golden Eagles' lead to 2-0.
TTU edged SIUE in total shots 13-12. The Golden Eagles had seven shots on goal to SIUE's five. Becca Jostes paced the Cougars with four shots and two shots on goal. Both goalkeepers made five saves in the game.
JACKSONVILLE STATE 0, EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Eastern Illinois dominated play on Friday evening with 17 shots against Jacksonville State but at the end of 110 minutes the Panthers walked away with a point in the OVC standings and a 0-0 draw.
EIU moved to 5-7-5 on the season and 3-3-3 in the OVC. With a win on Sunday in the final regular season match at Tennessee Tech the Panthers could climb to third or fourth in the OVC standings and host the opening weekend of the tournament. A loss on Sunday could keep the Panthers out of the eight team field based on results of other matches. Jacksonville State, which has already been eliminated from the post-season discussion, is now 3-11-3 overall, 1-7-1 in the OVC.
Five of EIU's 17 shots were on goal as Gamecocks goalkeeper Morgan Lerch made all five saves.
Kate Olson and Angela Corcoran both had two shots on goal for the Panthers while Lexi Ketterhagen added the other.
JSU had just one shot on goal by Rachel Blanding that was stopped by Sara Teteak as the junior goalkeeper posted her eighth shutout of the season including her sixth in conference action.