SUNDAY'S SCORES
@SIUE 0, Southern Indiana 0
@UT Martin 2, Tennessee Tech 2
@Southeast Missouri 0, Lindenwood 0
@Morehead State 2, Little Rock 0
SIUE 0, SOUTHERN INDIANA 0
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE women's soccer outshot visiting Southern Indiana 19-9 but neither team could find the back of the net Sunday in Ohio Valley Conference play.
SIUE is now 4-4-3 overall and 3-0-1 in the OVC. The Cougars' undefeated streak stretch out to four games. Southern Indiana is now 3-5-3 overall and 0-3-1 in the OVC.
Among SIUE's 19 shots were four from Lily Schnieders and three from Maria Haro. Taylor Dolt, Sarah Magnoni and Macie Begley each had two.
Southern Indiana had a big chance in the 28th minute against the Cougars when a penalty kick by Peyton Murphy was saved by SIUE's two-time OVC Goalkeeper of the Week Taylor Spiller.
Spiller dove to her right to save the penalty kick attempt.
Spiller finished with six saves, including the PK. USI's Maya Etienne collected eight saves.
UT MARTIN 2, TENNESSEE TECH 2
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team posted arguably its best showing in Ohio Valley Conference play on Sunday afternoon, pushing unbeaten league foe Tennessee Tech to the brink before settling for a 2-2 draw.
The Skyhawks (2-6-3, 0-2-1 OVC) picked up their first points in the OVC standings with today's decision, scoring goals in the 62nd and 82nd minutes to match its highest scoring total this season. UT Martin also became the first team to score on Tennessee Tech (4-4-4, 2-0-2 OVC) during league play – ending a three-matchup shutout streak by the visitors.
After giving up a goal in the middle of the first half off a strike by Meredith Nye courtesy of an assist by Yao Giada Zhou, UT Martin battled back with two goals in the second to take its first lead during OVC play. The Skyhawks got on the board in the 62nd minute as Makayla Robinson found Nyeemah Prescod-Beckles for a line drive into the net. The squad then added to their margin in the final 10 minutes as Catey Hunt curled in a perfectly placed corner into the top right corner of the goal to give the team a momentary 2-1 advantage.
Unfortunately, the lead only stayed on the home side's favor for six minutes before Tech tied up the contest in the 88th minute. With the Golden Eagles looking for the equalizer, Chloe Smith was able to find a misplayed ball and punch it in from eight yards out to knot up the contest with just two minutes to play.
UT Martin narrowly outshot Tennessee Tech by a 12-11 margin. The sophomore pair of Izzy Patterson and Brooke Kala paced the team with four shot attempts each while Prescod-Beckles ranked second on the team with a pair of attempts.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 0, LINDENWOOD 0
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri women's soccer (5-5-1, 1-1-1 OVC) earned a point in the Ohio Valley Conference standings with a 0-0 draw to in-state foe Lindenwood (4-6-3, 1-1-2 OVC) Sunday afternoon at Houck Field.
SEMO and Lindenwood met on the pitch Sunday for the first time as conference opponents and second time in program history.
The Redhawks outshot the visiting Lions, 17-11 (6-4 SOG), including a commanding second half advantage of 11-2.
Megan Heisserer led SEMO with three shots Sunday including a shot on target.
She looked to set up a Redhawks score with a prime opportunity in the 73rd minute.
Heisserer, a redshirt junior forward from Scott City, Missouri, beat her defender off a throw in from Cayla Koerner before feeding a pass to Faith Liljegren. Liljegren's shot on net then just missed wide.
Heisserer added a shot on goal at 83:03 that Sam Blazek stopped.
Zoe Houston also registered three shots Sunday including one on goal. The freshman from St. Charles, Missouri, notched a shot that was saved by Blazek in the 49th minute.
Cayla Koerner and Kiana Khedoo both finished with two shots (1 SOG) each.
Khedoo registered a shot on target off a feed from Zoey Memmel in the 42nd minute of the first half but an outstretched Blazek was there for the save.
Koerner had a header on frame in the seventh minute off a corner from Liljegren.
Lindenwood held a 9-6 (4-4 SOG) edge in shots through the first 45 minutes Sunday.
Goalkeeper Sophia Elfrink made four saves for her fourth shutout of the 2022 campaign. Blazek finished with six for the Lions in the draw.
Jacqueline Baetz paced Lindenwood with three shots (2 SOG).
Eyglo Thorsteinsdottir was assessed a yellow card in the 87th minute.
Three Redhawks from St. Charles, Missouri, faced Lindenwood, their hometown school, Sunday in Alayna Jakul (Orchard Farm HS), Houston (Francis Howell HS), and Mariah Mannino (Francis Howell Central HS).
The 2022 SEMO roster features seven players from the St. Louis/St. Charles area and five that competed for the St. Louis Scott Gallagher club.
Redhawk senior defender Natalie Jackson faced off against her sister, Rachel Jackson, a freshman midfielder for Lindenwood Sunday.
Natalie Jackson, Maddie Paulson, and Emma Brune all competed in the full 90 minutes for SEMO Sunday.
For Jackson, it was her 11th-straight game of the season not leaving the pitch.
For Brune, it was her ninth consecutive game (10th in 2022) playing the full regulation.
For Paulson, it was her fourth time in five games, playing full 90 soccer.
MOREHEAD STATE 2, LITTLE ROCK 0
MOREHEAD, Ky. - The Morehead State soccer team kept on rolling in OVC play Sunday, as Chris Fox's squad remained undefeated in the conference with a 2-0 victory over Little Rock.
Colleen Swift scored twice in the win, once in the seventh minute on a beautiful assist from Madelyn Mozeleski (90 minutes, 1 AST). After the win, Mozeleski explained what she saw on her assist to Swift in detail.
The Eagles expanded on their lead late in the second half as Swift scored again after Little Rock goalkeeper Paige Henry was caught out of position, leaving an open goal for MSU to put the final nail in the Trojans' coffin.
Along with Mozeleski, Avery Redmon played all 90 minutes for the fourth straight game, aiding Morehead State goalkeeper Erin Gibbs (8 saves, Shutout (3)) in MSU's fifth shutout of the season. Redmon leads the team in minutes, and has been an unsung hero the Eagles all year long.