CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Southeast Missouri's women's soccer team suffered its first loss the of the season Sunday against Northern Colorado, 1-0. 

The Redhawks are now 2-1-1 on the season and finish their three-game home stand 1-1-1. Northern Colorado climbs to 3-1. 

"Although we lost, I think this was a good game to evaluate our players and see who has the heart to be a part of a championship team," said head coach Heather Nelson. "We certainly stepped up our intensity today. We could've rolled over and played afraid but I think our players did a good job of taking care of each other on the field. We are going to take a lot of what we learned today and put that towards our training this week."

Northern Colorado's Kassy Castillo scored the would-be game-winning goal in the 12th minute. Castillo knocked it in off a corner kick by Rebecca Lancia. 

Trailing at halftime, 1-0, it was the first time this season that Southeast was behind at half. 

The Redhawks outshot the Bears 9-3 in the first half and put five shots on goal. Natasha Minor had three shots for the Redhawks in the opening half. The foul count was conservative at two for the Redhawks and six for the Bears at half. 

The second half saw both teams come out and play hard, aggressive soccer. Southeast was called for 11 fouls in the second half while Northern Colorado was called for five. Southeast finished with 13 fouls and UNC finished with 11 in the match. 

The Redhawks got one shot off in the second half. The lone shot came from Angie Mann, who put it on goal. Reversely, the Bears only got two shots off. 

Kindra Lierz (2-1-1) played the full 90 minutes and recorded three saves. 

UNC's Madeline Burdick (2-0) also played the full 90 minutes in goal and saved six shots. 

Southeast finished with 10 shots, six on goal, in the match. The Bears had five shots and put four on goal. 

The Redhawks had six corner kick opportunities while the Bears had four. 

The Redhawks will hit the road next Monday, Sept. 7, when they take on Louisville. It will be the first of a three-game road swing.