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Breana Beine broke a scoreless tie with 4:02 remaining to lift Southeast Missouri (7-5-0, 4-2-0) over Eastern Kentucky (3-12-1, 1-5-1) on Friday evening at Houck Stadium. It marked the second straight match that the Redhawks have scored an eventual game-winning goal with less than five minutes remaining.
Freshman GK
Kindra Lierz posted her sixth shutout in just her 12
th NCAA contest.
Beine scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season after receiving a pass from sophomore F
Natasha Minor. She beat Eastern Kentucky GK Anna Hall at the near post. For Minor, she recorded her team-leading sixth assist of the season and leads the squad with 14 points.
"The goal was a buildup that started at midfield.
Jenna Collingridge played a good ball to
Natasha Minor," head coach
Heather Nelson said. "Breana hit a gap and then finished it. She hit it nice and clean."
Southeast outshot EKU 12-7 on the evening, while the Colonels held a 3-2 advantage in shots on goal. Beine and Minor tied for a game-high with three shots each. Freshman F
Sunni Kesenich added two shots for the Redhawks. Kesenich made her first career start in the contest.
Sophomore F Cassie Smith and sophomore D Mikayla Brillon led EKU with two shots each.
Lierz finished the evening with three saves for Southeast while Hall made one save for EKU.
The Redhawks held a 9-3 advantage in corner kicks and outshot the Colonels in both halves.
Southeast wraps up the home schedule with Senior Day on Sunday at 1 p.m. against Morehead State. All six seniors along with their families will be honored during a pregame ceremony.