FRIDAY'S SCORES
Miami (Ohio) 2,
@Morehead State 1 (2OT)
@Milwaukee 5,
Eastern Illinois 2
Southeast Missouri 2, @Evansville 1
Tennessee Tech 2, @North Alabama 1 (OT)
MIAMI (OHIO) 2, MOREHEAD STATE 1
MOREHEAD, Ky. - With four seconds remaining in the second golden-goal overtime period, Miami (Ohio) forward Lyda Bogdanovitch netted a breakaway goal to give the Redhawks a 2-1 victory over Morehead State Soccer on Friday evening at the MSU Recreation & Wellness Intramural Field.
The goal by Bogdanovitch gave Miami its first win of 2019, moving their overall mark to 1-3. The Eagles dropped to 1-3 overall.
After playing to a scoreless tie in the opening half thanks to stellar goalkeeping, Morehead State opened the scoring with a goal by junior Tia Williams in the 71st minute. Sophomore forward Abby Vanhoeve fed Williams a pass from the left-wing into the center of the penalty box that the 5-foot-2 midfielder finished with a one-touch left-foot shot into the lower-left corner of the goal.
The goal was Williams first career goal while the assist was also the first of VanHoeve's career.
The Redhawks scored the equalizing goal five minutes later when Olivia Winnett found herself open outside the right side of the box and cranked a powerful shot across the net and into the upper left side of the goal.
The team's played an intense final 10 minutes of regulation with MSU freshman forward Eva Kiper missing a goal after hitting the post on a rebound shot in the 84th minute and Miami's Winnett having a shot saved by Eagles' freshman goalkeeper Kayla Landman.
The teams played even over the final 19:56 before Bogdanovitvh's game-winning goal.
It was the first overtime contest for either team in the 2019 season.
In goal, Landman played 97 minutes in goal for Morehead State and made a career-high eight saves while allowing two goals. Landman entered for fellow freshman Grace Gaffney in the 12th minute – Gaffney recorded one save in the match.
Izzie Vaccari played the full match in goal for the Redhawks and made eight saves.
Miami outshot Morehead State 23-16 in the match. The Redhawks had 11 shots on target versus the Eagles 10.
The 16 shots and 10 tries on target were the most of the season for MSU in a match.
Next up, Morehead State travels to Indiana for a matchup against the Hoosiers at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Eagles and IU will kickoff at 2:00 p.m. ET. The match will be broadcast on Big Ten Network Plus.
MILWAUKEE 5, EASTERN ILLINOIS 2
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Milwaukee scored four goals over a span of seven minutes as the host Panthers beat the visiting Panthers from Eastern Illinois, 5-2, on Friday night.
EIU fell to 0-3 on the season and will host Purdue Fort Wayne at 3 p.m. on Sunday at Lakeside Field for the home opener. Milwaukee improved to 4-1.
Milwaukee scored an early goal when Haley Johnson found the back of the net at the 3:27 mark with an assist from Julia Barajas.
EIU evened the match at 1-1 with a goal by Lexi Ketterhagen. The assist came from freshman Nicoletta Anuci in the 8th minute as the two teams went to the half tied.
Milwaukee increased the offensive attack in the second half as they finished the match with a 32-3 shot advantage including 15 shots on goal. Sara Teteak finished with ten saves for EIU.
McKaela Schmelzer broke the 1-1 tie in the 49th minute which began a quick offensive spurt by Milwaukee. Gaby Schmitz converted a penalty kick in the 51st minute to make it a 3-1 match. Jelena Sever (54th minute) and Haley Johnson (56th) ended the Milwaukee spurt.
EIU’s final score came on a penalty kick by Itxaso Aguero in the 68th minute.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 2, EVANSVILLE 1
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Southeast Missouri (2-2-0) picked up its first road win of the season when it edged Evansville (0-3-1), 2-1, Friday night.
Nearby Jackson native Cassidi Tomsu kicked the game-winning goal in the 74thminute to send the Redhawks to their first road win of the season.
SEMO took eight shots in the first half and scored early when Megan Heisserer found the net just 2:22 into the contest. Heisserer recorded her second goal of the season after the ball bounced off UE goalie Michaela Till.
The Purple Aces tied the game at the 20:35 mark off Emily Ormson's first goal of the year.
SEMO was aggressive all night outshooting UE, 19-8. The Redhawks also had 11 shots on goal, including three by Heisserer.
The Redhawks conclude their four-game road stretch at Arkansas State on Sept. 15.
TENNESSEE TECH 2, NORTH ALABAMA 1
FLORENCE, Ala. – Dramatics took center stage for the Tennessee Tech soccer team Friday evening, as the Golden Eagles rallied late to secure a thrilling 2-1 overtime victory at North Alabama for the club's first win of 2019.
Freshman Bailey Taylor scored in the 84th minute to erase a 1-0 deficit and ultimately push the contest into overtime, before sophomore Cassidy Bereda split the pipes just over nine minutes into the extra session to cap off the riveting evening.
Taylor's tying score, the freshman's second of the young season, came off of a service into the box that popped out to the 5-foot-6 rookie while she was surrounded by heavy traffic. Cool, calm and collected, Taylor stepped up and buried one into the back of the net to deadlock the score at 1-1.
Bereda's winner, the sophomore's first score of the year, came courtesy of ball from Tina Marolt for the senior's first assist of 2019. Marolt knocked one down in transition and connected with an open Bereda, who slotted it far post to give the Golden Eagles (1-2-2) the captivating victory.
After somewhat of a sluggish start in which the Golden Eagles were outshot 9-4 by North Alabama (2-3-0) in the first half, Tech turned it on after intermission and would go on to outshoot the Lions 10-7 for the duration of the contest, including 2-0 in overtime.
Sophomore Chloe Smith paced the purple and gold with a team-leading and season-high four shots, two of which were on-goal. Taylor notched three shots, while Bereda was the only other Golden Eagle with more than one attempt behind two tries. North Alabama's Charlotte Kellett had a match-high six shots.
Red-shirt junior Isabelle Austin helped keep the Golden Eagles in the thick of things, surviving an onslaught of early UNA tries, allowing just a penalty-kick goal by Shelby Wall in the 30th minute. In total, Austin halted seven shots, five of which occurred in the tilt's first stanza. Across the way, North Alabama's Jordyn Spreck collected three saves and yielded two scores.
18 different Golden Eagles appeared in the match, including eight freshmen and four sophomores. Austin, Rachel Blow Kaitie Shipley, Nora Vicsek, and Kendall Webb played the tilt's entirety.
Following a five-match road swing to begin the year, the Golden Eagles will make their 2019 home debut on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Appalachian State. The opener with the Mountaineers is the start of a five-match homestand, the longest in program history.