OVC #5
Southeast Missouri (4-0-0, 4-0-0 OVC)
vs. Tennessee Tech (3-1-0, 3-1-0 OVC)
Match Information
Date: Friday, March 19, 2021
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Venue: Houck Field
First Kick: 6 p.m., CT
All-Time Series: SEMO leads the all-time series 15-6-3 
Last Meeting: SEMO 3-2 Win | Oct. 27, 2019 | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Houck Field
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
 
Redhawks Host Tennessee Tech Friday Evening at Houck Field
Southeast Missouri women's soccer (4-0-0, 4-0-0 OVC) will face off against Tennessee Tech (3-1-0, 3-1-0 OVC) Friday evening at Houck Field. First kick is set for 6 p.m., CT.
 
Follow the Redhawks
• Stats will be available for Friday's game on GoSoutheast.com.
• The game will also be streamed live on ESPN+.
• @SEMOSoccer, the official Twitter page of Redhawks soccer, will feature live in-game updates all season long.
 
Series History
SEMO leads the all-time series with Tennessee Tech, 15-6-3. The Redhawks have won or tied their last three meetings with the Golden Eagles.
 
SEMO most recently edged TTU, 3-2, on Oct. 27, 2019 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to capture the 2019 OVC regular-season title and clinch the top seed in the league's postseason tournament. With the win, SEMO secured its sixth OVC regular-season crown in program history and first outright title since 2011.
 
Down 1-0, SEMO answered with three goals by Jennifer Brien, Lexi Grote and Megan Heisserer to claim the victory.

Scouting the Eagles
The Golden Eagles (3-1-0) suffered their first defeat of the season with a 1-0 loss to Belmont Tuesday night at Tech Soccer Field. The Bruins became the first team to score on TTU in four matches this spring behind an 11th-minute goal for the tilt's only score. The Golden Eagles were the last team in the conference to surrender a goal after starting the season with 284 minutes of blanking their opposition.
 
Tech senior Isabelle Austin, the reigning OVC Goalkeeper of the Week, leads the conference in goals against average and save percentage with a .944 mark behind 17 stops and one goal allowed. Offensively, Chloe Smith leads TTU with 12 shots and seven shots on-goal.
 
TTU was selected to finish the 2020-21 season sixth in the OVC.
 
EIU Recap
Emma Brune registered her first career goal to lift SEMO (4-0-0, 4-0-0 OVC) past Eastern Illinois (1-4-0, 1-4-0 OVC), 1-0, Tuesday afternoon at Lakeside Field. With the victory, SEMO has now won four straight contests in 2020-21 and posted shutouts in the last three games.
 
Tied at 0-0 at the break, Brune poked in the game winner in the 79th minute of regulation. Natalie Jackson and Emily Holten were credited with their first assists of the 2020-21 season on the play.
 
Brune finished with a team-high three shots in her fourth career start. The freshman from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, also played in all 90 minutes of action for the fourth time this season.
 
Morgan McCourt, Nadiia Ivanchenko and Kiana Khedoo each tallied a pair of shots Tuesday. Both of Khedoo's were on target.
 
Goalkeeper Bailey Redden notched two saves in 90 minutes of play for her fourth straight win and her third consecutive clean sheet.
 
Holten, Lexie Hacker and Jackson all played in all 90 minutes of Tuesday's win. For Holten, it was her first time in 2020-21, playing the entire 90 minutes of regulation.

About Last Week
Lauren Welker scored both of SEMO's game-winning goals this past week as the Redhawks posted a pair of wins at Belmont and Austin Peay. Welker broke a scoreless tie with a goal at Belmont at the 52:00 mark on March 9. She then added her third-straight goal of the season in the 12th minute against Austin Peay on March 12. She played in 159 minutes over the two games, registering two shots and two shots on goal.
 
Goalkeeper Bailey Redden improved to 3-0-0 in 2020-21 with a pair of shutouts of Belmont and Austin Peay this past week. Redden made a save over the two matches and didn't concede a goal in either of the two contests. In 2020-21, she has posted a goals against average of 0.25 and a save percentage of .889. 
 
Abby Tremain led the Redhawks this past week with five shots, three on net. Hannah Compernolle added three shots (two on goal) and assisted on Welker's score against the Governors on March 12. Morgan McCourt also registered two shots on goal this past week.

I'm Welking (Welker) on Sunshine
Lauren Welker notched her first three career goals as a Redhawk in the first three SEMO victories in the 2020-21 season.
 
Welker, a junior midfielder from Jackson, Missouri, has played in 312 minutes this season, and leads the team with six points on four shots on goal. She has notched a team-high two game-winning goals.
 
Total 90
Midfielder Emma Brune and defenders Lexie Hacker and Natalie Jackson have all played in the full 90 minutes over the first four Redhawk contests this season.
 
Hacker tallied an assist in SEMO's home opener on March 5.
 
SEMO Debuts
Taylor Nelson, a sophomore transfer from Lindenwood, made her Redhawks debut on March 12 against Austin Peay. She finished with a shot on goal in 16 minutes on the pitch.

Gabby Gscheidmeier, a redshirt freshman from Germantown, Wisconsin, made her SEMO debut at Belmont on March 9.
 
Maddie Paulson and Faith Liljegren also both made their Redhawk debuts in the win over Jacksonville State on March 5.
 
Freshmen Nadiia Ivanchenko (twice, March 5 & 9) and Kiana Khedoo (once, March 9) have also appeared in the SEMO starting lineup.
 
OVC Preseason Poll
SEMO, the 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Regular-Season Champions, were picked to finish the 2020-21 season second in the OVC. Forward Megan Heisserer was named to the 2020-21 OVC Players Watch List.
 
The Redhawks received seven first-place votes and 172 points in the projected order of finish for second behind Murray State (181 points, five first-place votes).
 
Heisserer, a sophomore from Scott City, Missouri, was named to her first career OVC preseason team. The Notre Dame High School alum, played in all 17 games during her inaugural collegiate season, starting in eight. Heisserer tallied four goals and two assists for 10 points last season including a pair of game-winning goals. She was third on the team with 30 shots.
 
2019 OVC Regular-Season Champs Recap
The 2019 Redhawks fashioned an 11-5-1 mark, tallying a record of 8-1-1 in conference play to win their sixth OVC regular-season crown in program history and first outright title since 2011.
 
SEMO was undefeated at home with a 7-0 record at Houck Field in 2019 and entered the 2019 OVC Tournament with a mark of 6-0-1. Head Coach Heather Nelson was awarded her fifth OVC Coach of the Year honor in 2019.
 
Roster Breakdown
The 2020-21 roster features 22 student-athletes including 15 players from the 2019 OVC Regular-Season Championship team. Emily Holten, Lexi Grote, Hannah Compernolle, Lexie Hacker and Kayla Byrd return for their senior seasons.
 
Junior Bailey Redden returns in net and started 16 games in 2019. Redden made 90 saves and posted four shutouts, compiling a 9-0-1 mark.
 
Megan Heisserer was the fourth leading scorer in 2019 with four goals. Kennedy Jones chipped in a pair last season. Grote and Morgan McCourt each had one.
 
Freshmen Emma Brune, Nadiia Ivanchenko, Kiana Khedoo, Maddie Paulson, Laura Galindo Mejia, Faith Liljegren and sophomore transfer Taylor Nelson are the newcomers on the squad. Nelson is the daughter of head coach Heather Nelson and associate head coach Paul Nelson.
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO will stay home and take on SIUE on Tuesday, March 23 on Senior Day at Houck Field. First kick is set for 6 p.m., CT. The Redhawks will recognize seniors Kayla Byrd, Lexi Grote, Lexie Hacker and Emily Holten at the game.