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The 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Soccer Championship got underway with a pair of first round matches on campus sites on Friday. This year marks the 25th OVC Women's Soccer Tournament.
First Round games are played on the campus sites of the No. 3 (SIUE) and No. 4 (Southern Indiana) seeds. Each of those teams received byes to Sunday's quarterfinal rounds. The winners of the quarterfinal matches will advanced to next weekend's action which will take place on the campus of No. 1 seed Tennessee Tech.
Fans can watch the entire 2023 OVC Women's Soccer Championship on ESPN+.
Match 1: #8 Little Rock 1, #5 UT Martin 0 (Evansville, Ind.)
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Match 2: #7 Southeast Missouri 1, #6 Eastern Illinois 0 (OT) (Edwardsville, Ill.)
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#8 LITTLE ROCK 1, #5 UT MARTIN 0
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Little Rock Soccer defeat UT Martin Skyhawks 1-0 to advance to the OVC Quarterfinals.
The Trojans jumped out with an aggressive attack keeping the ball in the attacking third for much of the first half. In just the 15th minute, Mykena Turner placed a free kick into the goal area which would then find the side of the net for a Trojans' goal. This early goal by Turner would ultimately be the game winner.
After coming out of the first round victorious, the Trojans will face the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles this Sunday at 1 p.m.
#7 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1, #6 EASTERN ILLINOIS 0 (OT)
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Southeast Missouri women's soccer (7-5-5, 3-3-4 OVC) won in overtime against Eastern Illinois (4-9-4, 3-5-2 OVC) on Friday night in the first round of the OVC tournament.
Emily Baker scored the Redhawks lone goal in overtime during the 94th minute off of a pass from Kiana Khedoo. Baker also had three shots with two of them being on target.
The Redhawks outshot the Panthers 14 to 11 in shots and six to five in shots on goal.
The Redhawks defense held Eastern Illinois to zero shots in the first half.
Cayla Koerner also had three shots with one coming in the first half and the other two coming in the second half.
On the defensive side, Sophia Elfrink had five saves with all of them coming in the second half. EIU's goalie Ella Kratochvil also had five saves on the night.
The Panthers leader in shots was Alex Tetteh who took four shots during the contest. Carys Grieve had the most shots on goal for EIU with two.
Six Redhawks played the full 110 minutes of the game. All three starting defenders of Natalie Jackson, Alayna Jakul, and Maddie Paulson and Emma Brune, Zoe Houston, and goalie Sophia Elfrink.
SEMO had three substitutes enter the game and record minutes, Cayla Koerner, Emily Baker, and Melissa Kubin.