CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Southeast Missouri soccer fell to Austin Peay Friday evening, 2-0, in their first Ohio Valley Conference loss of the season.
The Redhawks fall to 6-4-2 overall and 1-1-1 in OVC play. The Lady Govs improve to .500 at 5-5 overall and 1-1 OVC.
The Redhawks and Lady Govs played 45 minutes of scoreless soccer in the first half. The Redhawks got four shots off in the half and managed to put three of them on goal.
Angie Mann put both of her shots on goal to lead the offense in the half.
Southeast had three corner kick opportunities while the Lady Govs had none in the first half.
The Lady Govs got on the board in the 60th minute of the match with a goal from McKenzie Dixon. Caroline Wistrom crossed the ball into Dixon who headed it in on the right side to go up 1-0 on the Redhawks.
Austin Peay extended the lead to 2-0 in the 71st minute. Nicole Wojcik scored off a through ball from Mallory Burman that she tapped past
Kindra Lierz and into the back of the net.
The 2-0 Lady Gov advantage would stand to the end.
The Redhawks were outshot 11-5 in the match. Southeast was held to just one shot in the second half, which belonged to Mann.
Mann finished with three shots while
Lauren Kaempfe and
Christina Rohde had the other two.
The Lady Govs almost doubled their shot total from the first half, putting seven shots up in the second half. Dixon led the pack with four shots, two on goal.
Kinda Lierz (5-4-2) played the entirety of the match in goal. She allowed both goals and made two saves.
Lindsey Todd (5-5) also played the full 90 minutes. Todd recorded the shutout and had three saves.
The Redhawks return to action Sunday at Murray State. The 2 p.m. match will be streamed to the OVC Digital Network.
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