TUESDAY'S SCORES
Jacksonville State 4, @Eastern Kentucky 0
@Murray State 1, Austin Peay 0
@Morehead State 1, UT Martin 0
Southeast Missouri 1, @Eastern Illinois 0
Belmont 1, @Tennessee Tech 0
JACKSONVILLE STATE 4, EASTERN KENTUCKY 0
RICHMOND, Ky. - Senior Alicia Pallister and sophomore Gabriel Clarke each scored a pair of goals to the lead the Jacksonville State soccer team to a 4-0 win over Eastern Kentucky in Ohio Valley Conference soccer action in Richmond, Kentucky.
JSU notched its first win of the season and after three consecutive matches on the road, it will host Murray State on Friday at the JSU Soccer Field. Kick off is set for 3 p.m. Admission is free to all JSU home soccer matches.
The Gamecocks recorded the only goal of the first half as Pallister connected on the first of her two goals in the 22nd minute.
Pallister, from Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, capped off Jax State's offensive production with a goal in the 64th minute. The last time JSU had two players score multiple goals in a single contest was against Jackson State during the 2018 season.
JSU continues to put together scoring chances with 15 total shots on the afternoon, including nine in the first 45 minutes. EKU posted 12 of its 20 shots in the second half. Freshman Kylie Wells and sophomore Cynthia Baggozi combined for six of the 15 Gamecocks' shots.
Redshirt junior Morgan Lerch collected a shutout with eight saves in the win.
Friday's match with the Racers will be available on ESPN+ and live stats on JSUGamecockSports.com.
MURRAY STATE 1, AUSTIN PEAY 0
MURRAY, Ky. - Murray State women’s soccer wrapped up its two-game homestand with a Battle of the Border rivalry match with Austin Peay on Tuesday afternoon. The Racers improved to 5-0 on the year behind their first clean sheet of the campaign as they earned a 1-0 victory over the Governors at Cutchin Field in Murray, Kentucky.
Marti Floyd put the Racers in front in the 27th minute when she finished a cross from Rebecca Kubin, as the Battle Creek, Michigan native recorded her first goal in a Racer uniform and became the eighth different player to score for Murray State through five matches in the new campaign. The Racers carried that one-goal advantage into the halftime break after outshooting the Governors 5-2 while holding 58% of possession through the first 45.
The Racers dictated the tempo while continuing to create scoring chances out of the break, generating 15 second-half shots, but it would be the rock-solid back line that stole the spotlight on the day as they preserved the clean sheet to grind out three points behind a 1-0 score line.
Sophomore goalkeeper Jenna Villacres made three saves to earn her first shutout of the campaign, while the Racer defense held Austin Peay to just eight total shots on the day.
Murray State has now outscored opponents 12-5 on the season. For Kubin, the assist on the day brings her season point total to a team-high eight (three goals, two assists) on the year.
MOREHEAD STATE 1, UT MARTIN 0
MOREHEAD, Ky. - Morehead State Soccer is in the win column after an afternoon of tight defense and offensive execution against OVC rival UT Martin. Freshman forward Abby Wesselkamper scored her first career goal in the 77th minute to propel the Eagles to victory.
Junior goalkeeper Michelle Jerantowski picked up five shots in the net to earn her first career shutout. Her GAA of 1.20 for the season would be the fourth-highest in program history.
Morehead State had a pair of near-goals in the 25th minute as a header from Katie Kiolbassa hit sharply off the post before Anna Lohrer's first career shot was saved by the UT Martin goalkeeper.
A diving save by Jerantowski prevented a goal by the Skyhawks in the 41st minute of play.
Physical play was a central part of the second half as UT Martin's Kamryn Chappell was given a yellow card in the 53rd minute before MSU's Eva Kiper picked up a card of her own ten minutes later.
The Skyhawks had their best opportunity for a goal in the 71st minute as their forward got behind the Morehead State defense before her shot was sent right into Jerantowski's hands.
Less than 30 seconds after coming in as a substitution, freshman Abby Wesselkamper snuck the ball by the UT Martin goalkeeper as it bounced off the post and slowly slid past the goal line to give Morehead State a 1-0 lead.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1, EASTERN ILLINOIS 0
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Southeast Missouri midfielder Emma Brune scored in the 78 minute of a tightly contested match on a damp spring day at Lakeside Field lifting the visiting Redhawks to a 1-0 win over Eastern Illinois.
SEMO improved to 4-0 on the season with the win, EIU fell to 1-4 on the season and will travel to Belmont on Friday.
The Panthers finished the match with six total shots including two shots on goal by Amanda DaSilva. DaSilva had three total shots in the match. Karima Rangel, Kenzie Balcerak and Cam Korhorn all had one shot for EIU.
SEMO finished with 13 shots in the match with Brune leading the way with three total shots. Kiana Khedoo had two shots on goal for SEMO.
EIU goalkeeper Daniela Bermeo finished with four saves while Bailey Redden had two saves in the shutout win for SEMO.
BELMONT 1, TENNESSEE TECH 0
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Recap coming soon.