SUNDAY'S SCORES
@Northern Kentucky 3,
Murray State 1
@Western Carolina 5,
UT Martin 4
Morehead State 2, @Akron 1
@Eastern Kentucky 1, Milwaukee 0 (OT)
@Arizona 3,
Tennessee Tech 0
North Alabama 3,
@Jacksonville State 0
Arkansas 5,
@Southeast Missouri 0
SIUE 4, @Indiana State 0
NORTHERN KENTUCKY 3, MURRAY STATE 1
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -Murray State women's soccer traveled to Highland Heights, Kentucky for a match against Northern Kentucky as they continued the non-conference portion of their 2019 schedule on Sunday afternoon. Despite outshooting the Norse 18-7 on the day, the Racers came up short on the road – 3-1 would be the final score from NKU Soccer Stadium.
Northern Kentucky jumped out to an early lead when Shawna Zaken put the home side on the board in the third minute of the match. The Norse would add one more, once again courtesy of Zaken, in the 18th minute as they held a 2-0 advantage in the early stages of the afternoon.
The Racers nearly got on the score sheet in the 38th minute when Abby Jones hit the woodwork with a headed ball off a free kick from Joselle Morche, but they would find themselves trailing 2-0 entering the halftime break.
Although facing a 2-0 deficit at the half, the Racers were outshooting NKU 7-6 in addition to earning three corners through the first half of competition.
The Racers would come out strong after halftime, cutting the NKU lead to 2-1 just six minutes into the second half when Miyah Watford finished a cross from Rebecca Kubin for her fourth goal of the season.
Building on the momentum, the Racers were close to equalizing just moments later when Abby Jones sent a shot just wide of goal as Murray State continued to create promising opportunities in the attack.
The Norse would extinguish Murray State's fire in the 61st minute, however, when freshman Kayla Wypasek converted a corner kick to stretch NKU's advantage to 3-1 with just under a half hour left to play.
Despite landing seven shots on target to Northern Kentucky's four, the Racers would come up short on the road with a final score of 3-1 as their two-game winning streak came to an end.
Senior Miyah Watford now has eight points on the season with her fourth goal of the year, while junior Rebecca Kubin sits at six points after she tallied her second assist of 2019.
The Racers return to action on Thursday when they travel to Columbia, Missouri to take on SEC opponent Missouri in a non-conference match at 7:00 p.m.
WESTERN CAROLINA 5, UT MARTIN 4
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – The University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team came up just short in a wild and high-scoring contest at Western Carolina, dropping its first decision of the season by a final score of 5-4.
The Skyhawks (1-1-2) tallied six shots on the afternoon while scoring a season-high four goals. Despite facing a pair of two-goal deficits, UT Martin battled until the final whistle in a game which featured nine combined goals.
UT Martin was led offensively by the play of sophomore Jill Hildreth who bumped her season goal total up to four with another multi-goal outing, scoring in the 21st and 77th minute. She was joined on the scoresheet by senior Nicole Collins who tallied her first goal of the season and sixth of her career while the pair of Miah Olaleye and Hendrikje Baurmann both tallied assists.
Erica Myers would prove to be outmatched on the afternoon, allowing a career-high five goals while tallying three saves in 90 minutes of action.
The game began with an own goal to the Skyhawks benefit in the ninth minute before Western Carolina scored back-to-back goals in the 17th and 18th minutes. Three more goals would be scored before the half, with the lone goal for the Skyhawks coming from Hildreth in the 21st, her first of two on the afternoon.
The Skyhawks would trim the lead down to one with a goal in the 50th minute from Collins off an assist from Olaleye. From there the Catamounts would add their fifth goal of the game in the 74th minute before UT Martin cut into the margin in the 77th with Hildreth’s second goal off an assist from Baurmann. Despite the late push, the Skyhawks could not find the equalizing goal in the final minutes, ultimately falling 5-4.
UT Martin will return to action on Thursday, Sept. 5 with a road matchup at Southeastern Conference foe Mississippi State. The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will be available on SEC Network Alternate +.
EASTERN KENTUCKY 1, MILWAUKEE 0
RICHMOND, Ky. - Junior Kylie Thompson's penalty-kick goal in overtime sent the Eastern Kentucky University soccer team to a thrilling 1-0 victory over previously undefeated Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon.
Milwaukee (3-1) came into the day unblemished and had only lost three times in its last 50 games dating back to 2016.
However, the Colonels outplayed the Panthers, outshooting their guests 17-14 on the day. Fourteen of EKU's shots came in the second half and overtime.
The Colonels' constant offensive pressure finally led to a breakthrough in the eighth minute of OT. Freshman Ali Kirk fired a shot that led to a handball in the box.
Thompson calmly sank the ensuing penalty kick to give the Colonels (1-3) a much-needed win.
It was Thompson's team-leading second goal of the season and her sixth career goal.
Thompson and senior Marian Wolski both finished the day with three shot attempts.
Junior goalkeeper Billie Clark was brilliant in the net, making seven key saves to earn her first career shutout.
It marked Matt Cosinuke's first win as a collegiate head coach.
EKU returns to action on Thursday night when the Colonels travel to Indianapolis to take on IUPUI. First touch is scheduled for 7 p.m.
ARIZONA 3, TENNESSEE TECH 0
TEMPE, Ariz. – Two late Arizona goals changed the tide for the Tennessee Tech soccer team, as the Wildcats scored twice in the final 17 minutes to push past the Golden Eagles 3-0 in TTU's final contest in the Sun Devil Desert Classic in Tempe.
Tech (0-2-2) was right in the hunt against the Pac-12 foe, keeping the clash at 1-0 for over 70 minutes with four total Arizona shots on-goal at that stage of the tilt. Red-shirt junior Isabelle Austin carded three saves during the span, while the Wildcats' lone goal came courtesy of an Iliana Hocking strike in the 29th minute.
Arizona added to its advantage with a pair of quick goals in a stretch of six minutes late in the second half. Samantha Falasco split the pipes in the 74th minute, before Brooke Wilson poured one into the back of the net in the 80th minute to give the Wildcats the 3-0 edge.
TTU freshman Bailey Taylor led the Golden Eagles with two shots. Sophomore Cassidy Bereda notched Tech's only shot on-goal, an attempt in the 14th minute halted by Wildcat keeper Hope Hisey. Four different Arizona players led the match with three shots apiece, including Hannah Clifford and Iliana Hocking that paced the club with two shots on-goal each. The Wildcats had 21 total shots.
Isabelle Austin secured four stops in net. The Sylvania, Ohio native was one of five Golden Eagles to play all 90 minutes, with Sarah Block, Rachel Blow, Kaitie Shipley and Kendall Webb joining Austin as players to go the distance. 16 different Golden Eagles appeared in the match.
TTU will round out a season-opening, five-match road swing Friday, Sept. 8 at North Alabama, before the Golden Eagles make their 2019 home debut Sunday, Sept. 8 against Appalachian State. Friday's affair is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. CT, while Sunday's home opener begins at 1 p.m. Admission to Tech Soccer Field is free of charge.
NORTH ALABAMA 3, JACKSONVILLE STATE 0
FLORENCE, Ala. –The Jacksonville State soccer team dropped its first road contest of the season with a 3-0 setback to in-state rival North Alabama on Sunday afternoon at the Bill Jones Athletic Complex on the UNA campus.
The Gamecocks dropped to 2-2 on the season, while UNA improved to 2-2 overall.
The Lions struck for two early goals within the first 13 minutes of the first half to set the tone for the match and limited the Gamecocks offensively throughout the match. UNA posted the first two goals 10 minutes into the duel as Anna Bove' connected on a ball off of a throw in. Morgan Ebert was credited with the assist. Three minutes later, Bove' helped the Lions add the second goal as Shelby Wall had a break-away down the right side off of a long pass from Bove'. UNA turned in 14 of the 20 in the first half. JSU finished with six looks at the goal.
JSU had four solid looks in the second half to put a goal on the board, but came away empty. Freshman Cynthia Bagozzi turned in three shots in the second half, while sophomore transfer Cephana Deane had three attempts.
The Lions added a goal in the second half as the duo of Wall and Bove' connected again with Wall finding the back of the net in the 74th minute.
Jax State will travel to Troy on Thursday night and Alabama State next Sunday before returning to the JSU Soccer Field on Thursday, September 12, hosting the Crimson Tide of Alabama. The Toy match will be available on Facebook Live.
SIUE 4, INDIANA STATE 0
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.— The SIUE women's soccer team shutout the Sycamores of Indiana State 4-0, on Sunday. The Cougars are now even across the board with a record of 1-1-1.
The first goal of the game and for the Cougars came from Emma Dutko at the ninth minute. This is the third game in the row that the Cougars have been able to find the back of the net first and score early on their opponents.
The second half was all SIUE as they scored a total of three goals off of 11 shots. Lily Schnieders scored the second goal at minute 57 for the team. The last two goals both came from MacKenzie Litzsinger at minute 73 and 88, with one being an assist from Ashlin West.
The Cougars outshot the Sycamores 19-18, with nine of those being on frame for the Cougars.
In goal for the Cougars, Bella Henderson had a total of 5 saves, while Jensen Schoch had 3.
The Cougars will be back in action on Sunday, when they face Missouri State in their home opener with kickoff set for 2 p.m.