#5 Southeast Missouri (8-7-4) at #1 Murray State (13-1-2)
 
Match Information
Date: Friday, November 3, 2017
Kickoff: 2 p.m., CT
Location: Murray, Ky.
Facility: Cutchin Field
Series: SEMO leads, 11-8-1
 
Media Information
Live Stats
Video: OVC Digital Network
Twitter: @SEMOsoccer
2017 OVC Championship Central
2017 OVC Championship Bracket
 
Quick Kicks
No. 5. Southeast Missouri (8-7-4, 4-3-3) collides with No. 1 Murray State (13-1-2, 8-0-2) ?in the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Friday. Start time is 2 p.m., CT, at Cutchin Field on the campus of Murray State. The semifinal and championship games will be played at Murray State. 

OVC Tournament History 
The Redhawks are 11-8-4 all time in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. Southeast's last OVC title came in 2007, where the Redhawks beat Samford on penalty kicks. The Redhawks then lost to Missouri on penalty kicks in the first round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

Series History
Southeast leads the all-time series against Murray State, 11-8-1, and that includes a 1-0 loss to the Racers earlier this year. The last time the Redhawks played Murray State at the OVC Tournament was in the 2015 championship game, where the Racers escaped, 1-0, in overtime. Southeast is 0-2 all-time in the OVC Tournament against Murray State.

About Murray State 
Murray State hasn't lost a conference game since 2013. Harriet Withers leads the team in goals (12) and points (26). Rebecca Kubin has seven goals, while Miyah Watford follows with four. Watford and Cori Cain are tied for the team lead with four assists.

Redhawk Rewind
The Redhawks advanced to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament semifinals with a 2-1 win over Austin Peay and 5-4 shootout victory over Belmont. Southeast and the Bruins battled to a 0-0 draw after two overtimes before the Redhawks won on penalty kicks. Maddi Karstens scored her first goal of the year, and 1:33 later, Esmie Gonzales scored the decisive goal against the Governors. Paige Blankenheim scored the winning goal in the shootout against Belmont.

Up Next
Friday's winner will face the winner of Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee Tech in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Championship Sunday.