CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri women's soccer suffered its first loss of the 2017 season Friday evening to Milwaukee (2-0-1) by a score of 1-0.
 
The Redhawks are now 2-1 on the early season.
 
Both teams entered Friday's match unbeaten, neither surrendering a goal in their first two games.
 
Statistically, both teams performed nearly identical. Milwaukee outshot the Redhawks 13-11 while both squads put five shots on goal each. Both teams had two corner kicks but Milwaukee was called for four more fouls, 12-8.
 
Kindra Lierz (1-1) suffered the loss in goal. Lierz allowed the lone goal to the Panthers and made four saves. The senior keeper now has 230 career saves to move into second all-time in the category. The record is 254 (Ashton Aubuchon, 2010-13).
 
Milwaukee's Mallory Geurts (2-0-1) picked up the solo shutout in goal. She made five saves on the night.
 
Offensively, four Redhawks including Paige Blankenheim, Maggie Pike, Lexi Grote, and Shelby Beussink all took two shots. Blankenheim put both shots on goal.
 
Four Southeast student-athletes played all 90 minutes on the field including midfielder Blankenheim, and defenders Maddi Karstens, Lauren Kaempfe, and Jasmin Hilliard.
 
Both teams played a scoreless first half. Southeast outshot the Panthers in the first 45, 7-6.
 
In the 70^th minute, the Panthers created an effective set piece in the box. McKaela Schmelzer passed to Aubrey Krahn who quickly dished out to Lourdes Onwuemeka who fired a near-point blank shot into the center of the net. The goal proved to be the difference maker in the game.
 
Southeast will close its homestand Sunday at 1 p.m. against Green Bay. The east end zone will be open at 11 a.m. for fans to tailgate during the game.