Ohio Valley Conference

CHICAGO - On Thursday, the Lindenwood women's soccer team took on the DePaul University Blue Demons. The Lions would be held scoreless in this affair, falling 2-0 to the Blue Demons, and moving to 4-4 on the season.

In the first half, the Blue Demons would get on the board early, coming from the Lions scoring an own goal in the 11th minute, giving the Blue Demons a 1-0 lead. For the remainder of the frame, both teams would be held of the scoresheet, with the Blue Demons leading at halftime 1-0. The Blue Demons outshot the Lions 3-1 in the frame. Georgia Pardalos would have the lone shot in the frame for the Lions. Caroline Ritter made one save in the half. The Lions would have the 3-1 advantage in corner kicks in the half.

In the second half, both teams would be held off the board until the Blue Demons scored in the final minute of the frame, extending their lead to two. DePaul would outshoot the Lions 8-0 and have the 2-1 advantage in corner kicks in the half. Jordan Hollingsworth relieved Ritter after one half of play, making two saves.

EASTERN ILLINOIS 0, INDIANA STATE 0
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Ashlyn Hoover made six saves in goal including a big save in the final 40 seconds as Eastern Illinois ended its non-conference slate with a 0-0 draw at Indiana State.

The Sycamores had six shots on goal that Hoover turned away for her third shutout of the season.  The final shot on goal came from Audrey Stevens which Hoover punched up over the crossbar for the final save.

EIU pressed offensively in the final 15 minutes finishing with a total of seven shots including two on goal.

Abby Reinl and Morgan Rinker had the two shots on goal for the Panthers (2-4-3) while Ella Dwyer had a team best two total shots.

Maddie Alexander picked up the shutout in goal for Indiana State (4-2-2).

LITTLE ROCK 7, ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 0
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Trojans score season high 7 goals in a victory over Pine Bluff. Candice Kilderry and Mykena Turner post first career multi-goal game one shy of a hat trick.

The Trojans scored what would be the game winning goal in the 8th minute by Candice Kilderry after a rebounded shot from Mykena Turner. Kilderry posted her second goal of the match in the 36th minute. This play was started by Kaitlin Graeber who sent a ball to Serenity Thake who got her first touch perfectly to Kilderry for a goal. This combo also facilitated last week's game winning goal against UCA by way of Graeber to Kilderry to Thake. Mykena Turner got herself involved late in the first half with a header into the goal after a beautiful corner kick from Hannah Schneider. The Trojans ended the first half up 3-0. 

In the second half, it was locked up at 3-0 for the first part of the half. Turner found the back of the net again with an assist from Shery Saad to pad the lead in the 60th minute. Serenity Thake added to the fun with another shot to the opposite side of the net after a nice touch from Maria Schuller in the 67th minute. Hannah Schneider made her first goal of the season in the 79th minute after a nice touch from Jetney Cook to Tianna Jones who executed a perfect back kick to Schneider. The Trojans added one more goal from Maria Schuller with an assist by Shery Saad.

The Trojans put 7 goals on the board for the first time since 2018.

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 3, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 0
MIAMI - Southeast Missouri women's soccer (0-5) fell to Florida International University (5-3) Thursday night by a final score of 3-0.

Sophia Elfrink recorded three saves during the match and was the only Redhawk to play the full 90 minutes. Elfrink faced a total of 15 shots with seven of them being on target.

Justi Nelson had a shot on target during the first half of the match. The Panthers goalie would record her only save of the game off of Nelson's shot to the top right of the goal. 

The Panthers would score their first goal in the first period making it 1-0. Noemi Paquin, FIU's leader in shots and sogs would put one into the bottom right of the  net with her right foot off of a pass by Catherine Rapp in the 21st minute.

Rapp would then score FIU's second goal in the 50th minute during the second half of the contest. Camille Sahirul passed the ball to Elizabeth Rapp who would kick it to Rapp who put it into the bottom left of the net to put the Panthers up 2-0.

Paquin would then score her second goal of the match 17 minutes later during the 67th minute to score the Panthers final goal of the contest.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2, SIUE 1
CARBONDALE, Ill. - SIUE women's soccer outshot SIU Carbondale 8-5 Thursday but dropped a 2-1 decision at Saluki Stadium.

Neither team was able to score in the opening half, but SIU Carbondale struck at 47:06 by McKensey Bunch and at 54:56 by Hannah Elkebir

Taryn Moore scored in the 74th minute for SIUE as the Cougars surged late. Moore's goal was bottom right off a pass from Savannah DeFini.

It was Moore's first goal of the season and DeFini's second assist.

Macie Begley led the Cougars in shots with three. Moore, Begley and Mackenzie Hayes each had one shot on goal.

Abby Haskell provided a clean sheet in goal during the first half. Samaya Hogg recorded the only SIUE save in goal during the second half. Fabiana Solano finished with two saves for the Salukis.

SOUTHERN INDIANA 0, AUSTIN PEAY 0
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.  - University of Southern Indiana Women's Soccer picked up a gritty 0-0 draw on the road Thursday night against Austin Peay State University, posting the Screaming Eagles' first shutout of the season.
 
Southern Indiana's (0-6-2) second result of the season did not come easy, as the Eagles battled not only the Governors (2-3-2) on the field but also the elements with heavy downpours at times.
 
USI's first opportunity came early at the 1:31 mark when sophomore midfielder Kerigan Kivisto fired a shot on goal but was saved by Austin Peay's goalkeeper.
 
On the attacking end, USI had a couple of shots blocked and another shot on goal saved by Austin Peay during the first half of play.
 
Defensively, Southern Indiana's backline unit was stellar, holding Austin Peay without a shot attempt in the first 45 minutes for the second consecutive meeting. USI also held the Govs without a shot in the first half in last year's 2-0 home win.
 
The 0-0 deadlock in the rain continued into the start of the second half. Senior goalkeeper Zoe Lintner subbed in for redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Anna Markland at halftime. Lintner was quickly tested with a save in the first five minutes of the second half. USI's defense continued to hold strong with multiple blocks.
 
As the aggression from both sides ramped up, the search for a goal also intensified. Southern Indiana's attacking front quickly transitioned from the defensive half of the field to the offensive half.
 
The Screaming Eagles launched six shots in the last 12 minutes. Junior midfielder Emerson Grafton had three shots during that stretch including one off the crossbar at the under the eight-minute mark. Junior defender Brynn Quick also had a pair of attempts during the home stretch of the match.
 
Despite the stellar effort on both ends of the field and a strong defensive performance, the game ended the way it started, 0-0.
 
In goal, Lintner gloved four key saves in the second half, picking up where Markland left off to post a combined clean sheet.
 
Southern Indiana tallied 13 shots with five on goal. Quick had a team-high four shots, and Grafton had a team-best two shots on goal. Grafton and Kivisto each had three shot attempts.
 
Austin Peay finished with 11 shots and five on target.

UT MARTIN 1, EVANSVILLE 1
EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The University of Tennessee at Martin received a clutch goal from Unni Wolf with nine minutes left to clinch 1-1 draw with Evansville in a nonconference soccer battle at McCutchan Stadium.
 
A freshman midfielder from Vaxjo, Sweden, Wolf found the back of the net with 9:59 remaining in the match for the equalizer after the host Purple Aces scored first in the 64th minute. It was the second collegiate goal for Wolf, who helped the Skyhawks (1-4-3) collect their third draw of the nonconference season.
 
UT Martin led in shots on goal (9-6) and launched 15 total attempts. Peyton Cook led the Skyhawks in shots with six (four on goal) while Makayla Robinson (three shots, one shot on goal), Izzy Patterson (two shots, one shot on goal), Nyeemah Prescod-Beckles (shot on goal) Parker Gelinas (shot), Alberte Amby (shot on goal) joined Wolf in putting intense pressure on the Evansville defense.
 
Goalkeeper Mac Titus played the full 90 minutes between the pipes, making five saves on the evening. Joining Titus in playing the full 90 minutes were Lorena Montesano, Shayla Addington, Anna Østergaard Ibsen, Patterson, Wolf, Cook and Gelinas.
 
Titus had four saves in the opening half, including back-to-back saves in the 41st and 42nd minute to carry a shutout into halftime.
 
Nyeemah Prescod-Beckles (46th minute), Cook (56th minute) and Patterson (64th minute) provided UT Martin with the first three shots on goal of the second half but the Purple Aces launched a counterattack to score the match's first goal at the 63:46 mark.
 
After a Robinson shot on goal turned into a corner kick, the Skyhawks broke through with Wolf and knotted the contest up at 1-all.
 
Both sides combined for three shot attempts in the final nine-plus minutes but neither team could muster the go-ahead score.

BELMONT 3, TENNESSEE TECH 1
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - Three late goals spelled trouble for the Tennessee Tech soccer team in its in-state battle with Belmont Thursday evening. The Bruins split the pipes three times in an eight-minute span over the tilt's final 11 minutes to claim a 3-1 victory at Tech Soccer Field.

Tech (0-6-3) unwrapped the scoring on a Neve Renwick goal in the 49th minute for the sophomore's OVC-leading fifth net-finder of the season. Skyler Williams collected her club-best third assist on a through ball that led Renwick past the Belmont defense with just the keeper to beat. As Sydney Jones rushed toward Renwick, the Golden Eagle forward kept her bid low and snuck it inside the far post to give Tech a 1-0 edge.

With the finish line sitting under a dozen minutes away, the Golden Eagles were unable to hold their edge after Belmont (3-5-0) struck quickly with its trio of goals to escape Cookeville with a second-consecutive win.

The first Bruin marker come courtesy of a corner that saw Kennedy Bernsen connect with Ava Labocki for the equalizer in the 79th minute. Bernsen picked up an assist on Labocki's header home for the freshman's second-straight contest with a goal.

Kate Virtel provided the Bruins with the go-ahead score with just under five minutes left in regulation thanks to a drive from close to 25 yards out. The sophomore from St. Louis elected to wind up from well outside the box and was able to finish top shelf to push Belmont to a 2-1 advantage in the 86th minute.

The Bruins would go on to add another goal in the 87th minute after Labocki collected her second score of the evening to extend the BU edge to 3-1.

Renwick picked up a season-high seven shots to lead all players in the match, while Katie Toney's six attempts matched a career-high for the junior out of McMinnville, Tenn. Labocki, Virtel and Leah Firsdon each notched a team-leading two tries.

Maggie Conrad collected five saves, while Jones earned eight saves in between the pipes for Belmont. Tech's nine bids on-frame were the most by the purple and gold this season.