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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – After an offensive outburst on Friday night, the Southeast Missouri soccer team found goals tough to come by in a 1-0 loss to Austin Peay on Sunday afternoon.
The Redhawks (2-7-3, 1-1-1 Ohio Valley) took 14 shots on the Lady Govs (5-7-0, 1-2-0 OVC), but were unable to place some of its best chances on goal in the setback.
“I thought this was a great game,” Southeast head coach
Heather Nelson said. “Austin Peay is a very good team, they are technical and quick. They have a lot of players that can attack. It's unfortunate we came out on the short end of the stick.”
APSU attempted six of the first seven shots in the first 20 minutes of the first half, but
Renee Kertz was equal to the task on each attempt. Southeast took control of play over the remainder of the opening frame, pinning APSU in its own end for the majority of the final 25 minutes and attempted four shots in that span. Despite the extended possession time, the contest went to halftime scoreless.
Play was even for most of the early portions of the second half, but the Lady Govs got on the board in the 60th minute of play. Morgan Zigelsky played a long ball past the Redhawks' defense and Emily Perkins won a foot race with Kertz and slipped a shot past her into the net to make it 1-0.
The Redhawks turned on the offensive pressure over the final 30 minutes of play, creating several dangerous scoring threats. An
Amy Ward cross found
Ashley Geist near the goal in the 68th minute, but her shot slipped wide of the cage to keep the Lady Govs on top.
Southeast's best attempt came with 13:36 left as a
Jacey Boyko cross bounced to
Courtney Luehmann near an open net, but the ball took a tricky hop and went wide of the goal.
“We had two great chances at the back post,” Nelson said. “It we place those on goal, we probably score goals. The team picked it up as the game went on, which is credit to their heart and how fit they are.”
With under seven minutes remaining, Ward made a perfect flip throw-in to the attacking area, where a pair of Redhawks got in close shots, but a wall of Lady Gov defenders blocked the first attempt and forced the rebound shot wide.
Southeast and APSU each attempted 14 shots, though the Lady Govs held a 5-1 advantage in corner kicks.
Kertz steered aside eight of the nine shots she faced while Haylee Shoaff stopped all six of the shots the Redhawks sent her way.
Southeast returns to the pitch on Friday when it heads to SIU Edwardsville. That contest kicks off at 7 p.m.
