Ohio Valley Conference

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - University of Southern Indiana Women's Soccer created numerous shot chances for the second consecutive match on Thursday afternoon, but the Screaming Eagles came up short, 2-0, at Robert Morris University to begin a two-game road swing.
 
Following a 21-shot performance at home last Sunday, USI produced 14 shot attempts in Thursday's road contest at Robert Morris. Senior forward Emerson Grafton and graduate student Maggie Duggan, who are one and two in leading the Eagles in shots this season, combined for half of USI's shots on Thursday. Grafton tallied four shots against the Colonials, while Duggan recorded three attempts. Grafton also had a shot on goal. Senior forward Peyton Murphy had a pair of shots.
 
On the defensive end, Southern Indiana redshirt goalkeeper Anna Markland matched her season total with five saves off 15 shots faced on Thursday. Freshman defender Tierney Mullady played 79 minutes in her first career start and notched one shot.
 
Grafton got USI going early with a couple of shot attempts. However, Southern Indiana ran into early adversity just past the 13-minute mark of the contest when a red card reduced the Eagles to 10 players on the field for the rest of the match. The Screaming Eagles nearly overcame the early setback in the 25th minute when a long-range shot by Grafton went off the crossbar and could not initially be hauled in by the Robert Morris goalkeeper.
 
The game remained scoreless until the 34th minute when Robert Morris got on the board off a lunging header on the back end of a long cross. The goal energized the Colonials to a handful of shots down the stretch of the opening half, but Markland and the Eagles kept the game to a one-goal differential going into halftime.
 
Nearly 10 minutes into the second stanza, Robert Morris doubled its lead to 2-0. The Colonials scored on a low cross that was poked into the corner netting.
 
Southern Indiana tried to cut into the deficit with a couple of corner kicks and a string of shots with nearly 20 minutes to go, but to no avail. Markland kept USI within two in the final minutes after a pair of saves with under eight minutes left, including a charging save coming off the goal line. Robert Morris went on to carry its 2-0 lead into the final whistle.

EASTERN ILLINOIS 1, IU INDY 0
CHARLESTON, Ill. - Eastern Illinois broke through the tight possession battle late in the second half to win the 2025 home opener at Lakeside Field. 

EIU moves to 1-2 on the season, while IU Indy falls to 0-2.

Both teams were flip-flopping possession throughout the first half, with IU Indy holding momentum with six shots, four of them being on target. 

The Panthers and Jaguars continued their close fight until late heroics by EIU's forward Alex Tetteh racing down the left wing and finding the back of the net with the assist coming from Kate Germano. 

With not a lot of time left, the EIU defense stood strong, with Panthers goalie Ella Kratochvil recording five saves. 

Outside of the goal scored, Abby Reinl contributed three shots, and multiple Panther attackers recorded a shot apiece.

DRAKE 5, WESTERN ILLINOIS 0
MACOMB, Ill. - Western Illinois Women's Soccer fell 5-0 to Drake Thursday afternoon. The Leathernecks entered the match looking to build on their first win of the season, but could not slow down a Bulldogs team projected to finish near the top of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Drake controlled much of the first half, putting pressure on the WIU back line from the opening minutes. Goalkeeper Ariel Bernard made several early saves, including stops in the 10th and 11th minutes, to keep the game scoreless. The Bulldogs broke through in the 27th minute on a goal from Eve Blakey. The Leathernecks went into the half scoreless, though only trailing by 1.  

The Bulldogs extended their advantage throughout the first half with multiple goals, which extended the lead to 5-0.

OMAHA 2, SIUE 1
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - SIUE women's soccer dropped its first nonconference contest of the season Thursday with a 2-1 loss to visiting Omaha at Korte Stadium.

Freshman Claire Nieroda led the Cougars with two shots while SIUE goalkeeper Sarah Bozeman recorded four saves. SIUE is now 1-1-1 for the season and next faces Missouri State in a 2 p.m. contest Sunday at Korte Stadium.

Omaha, 2-0-1, picked up goals from Payten Ivins in the 23rd minute and Charley Kort in the 62nd minute. SIUE recorded an own goal in the first half.

Hayley Ogden finished with two saves and earned the win in goal for the Mavericks.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 0
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southeast Missouri Soccer (0-3-0) dropped Thursday night's contest at Southern Illinois (2-0-0) by a final score of 2-0. 
 
Junior goalkeeper Madison Geisler faced 11 SIU shots-on-goal and made nine saves marking a season-high for the Manchester, Mo.-native. The Redhawks were outshot 21-6, 11-3 SOGs. 
 
Two Redhawks finished with a pair of shots in midfielders Zerina Markovic and Justi Nelson. For Markovic, both of her shots were on target Thursday evening. Laia Amat registered a shot in the contest, making her first start in a Redhawk uniform and playing 80-minutes. 

Five Redhawks played the full 90-minutes in Cayla Koerner, Emma Cloud, Madison Geisler, Melissa Kubin, and Zoe Houston. 
 
SIU socred a goal in the first half and a goal in the second half. Dory Latenser scored in the 36th minute before Dana Nadda found the final goal in the 82nd minute.

LINDENWOOD 2, EVANSVILLE 1
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - The Lindenwood women's soccer team (3-0-0) scored a pair of second half goals for a thrilling come from behind 2-1 victory over Evansville (1-1-0) in Thursday evening's home opener. The victory moves Lindenwood to 3-0 for the first time since the 2020 season. 

The Lions were the aggressors early on, taking the first six shots of the match, all within the first nine minutes of play. However, the Purple Aces weathered the storm without conceding a score, and in the game's 14th minute, Taylor Johnson got behind the Lindenwood defense to score the evening's opening goal on an assist from Taylor Wehrer.

Facing their first deficit of the young season, Lindenwood would stay on the attack to record the game's next three shots but were unable to find an equalizer. Evansville tried to extend their lead with a four-shot barrage in the half's final five and a half minutes, but Caroline Ritter and the Lindenwood back line held strong to keep the score at 0-1 heading into the break.

14 minutes into the second half, a shot by Anna Johnson was blocked and carried over the end line for a Lindenwood corner kick. On the set piece, Rachel Johnson delivered a ball to the far post that connected with Allison Schrumpf, who headed the ball past the Evansville goalkeeper and into the back of the net to tie the game. It was the Lions' second corner kick conversion of the season.

With less than 10 minutes remaining in the game, Sophia Mueller put a quality shot on goal that was saved by Evansville's Elke Travis. However, after leaving her feet to make the save, Elke was unable to corral the ball, and amidst a sea of bodies in front of the net, Mattie Ohlsen was able to get her boot on the rebound to poke the ball through the posts for the go-ahead score.

Now with the lead, the Lions defense went to work, allowing only one off-target shot from Evansville for the remainder of the game to secure a 2-1 victory in the home opener.

Lindenwood outshot Evansville 18-11, more than doubling their combined shot total of 15 coming into the contest. Anna Johnson led the Lions with four shots.

Caroline Ritter put in another solid outing, posting another five saves to bring her season total to 16.

#11 VANDERBILT 6, TENNESSEE TECH 0
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. - No. 11-ranked Vanderbilt's offense showed why it's among the nation's elite on Thursday night as the Commodores scored six unanswered goals to top Tennessee Tech on its home field.

The Golden Eagles fall to 0-3-0 on the season and return to action on Sunday as they take on Murray State.

Tech collected two shots on goal in the game as Tori Soutuyo and Natalie Howard were able to get tries on the net as Vanderbilt (3-0-0) dominated the pace of play, holding 55 percent of the possession time and 73 percent of that in the Golden Eagles' zone. Tech had six total shots in the contest.

However, they were eclipsed by Olivia Stafford on the opposing side, who ended the game with eight shots – six on goal – with two goals in the second half off feeds from Maci Teater.

Teater had her own goal in the 42nd minute on a rocket way outside of the box. Susanna Soderman notched the first goal of the contest in the 27th minute with an assist from Sydney Watts, who scored a pair in the second half within 1:02 of each other. The first was unassisted, while the second got help from Adysen Armenta and Ally Bollig.

Vanderbilt has scored 15 goals in its first three games.

Maggie Conrad was able to shrug off six of the Commodores' 12 shots on goal. Vanderbilt starting keeper Sara Wojdelko went 56:08 minutes without a save to earn the victory, while Alexa Gianoplus finished out the final 33:52 with both saves in the contest on Vandy's stat sheet.

UT MARTIN 0, NORTH ALABAMA 0
MARTIN, Tenn. - While both teams had plenty of opportunities, Thursday's match between the University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team and North Alabama ended in a scoreless draw at Skyhawk Soccer Field in Martin.

Both teams ended the night with 12 total shots, with six going on target for North Alabama and four finding the mark for UT Martin. Alexandra Weihs and Kylee Thompson each had three shots in the game, including two on goal for Weihs and one for Thompson. For the Lions, Gracie Tyrell also finished the match with three total shots and two on goal.

Mac Titus played the full 90 minutes in goal for UT Martin and made six saves, while her counterpart, Madison Vukas, also went the full 90 and had four saves.