CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri women's soccer (1-1-0, 0-0-0) notched its first victory of the 2021 campaign Sunday evening at Houck Field when it defeated Maryville (0-0-0, 0-0-0), 4-1, in the Redhawks home opener.
 
A trio of SEMO newcomers scored in the win. Sophomore Anne-Clara Couturier, a Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada native, netted a pair including the game-winner while freshman Elizabeth Rater and sophomore Zoey Memmel each tallied goals.
 
Tied at 0-0 at the break, the Redhawks offense found the back of the net four times in the final 45 minutes.
 
Couturier provided SEMO a 1-0 lead in the 56th minute off a corner kick from Emma Tucker. Couturier blasted a shot past goalkeeper Katie Nash with a one-touch volley off the corner.
 
The advantage didn't last long as the Saints responded with a goal at 57:01 by Amanda Kaltwasser.
 
Couturier then registered the game-winner in the 72nd minute on a tic-tack play. Lauren Welker drove the end line before crossing to Memmel who made the extra pass and tipped it to Couturier.
 
Couturier, a sophomore transfer from Southeastern (NAIA in Florida), finished with a pair of goals on two shots on net in 45 minutes of action as a second-half substitution in her Redhawks debut.
 
SEMO added a pair of insurance goals in the 88th and 90th minutes Sunday. Rater, a freshman from Mequon, Wisconsin, and Memmel, a sophomore transfer from Grafton, Wisconsin, increased the lead to 4-1 in the waning moments of regulation.
 
Nadiia Ivanchenko was credited with the assist on Rater's goal while Welker tallied her second helper of the evening on Memmel's goal.
 
Memmel, a Milwaukee transfer, concluded Sunday with a goal and an assist with a pair of shots on target in 57 minutes on the pitch.
 
Welker finished with three shots (two on goal) in 90 minutes of play. The assist was the second for Ivanchenko in her career as a Redhawk.
 
SEMO outshot Maryville, 14-6, including 11-4 on shots on goal.
 
Bailey Redden made three saves for her first win of 2021 in net. Nash posted seven saves for Maryville.
 
Katelyn Miller appeared in the starting 11 for the first time as a Redhawk with fellow Jackson, Missouri, native, Grace Crowden.
 
Miller played in 58 minutes and just missed on a header opportunity from Welker in the 10th minute. Crowden appeared in 38 minutes as a defender.
 
Kennedy Jones saw regular-season action Sunday for the first time since Nov. 8, 2019 against SIUE after missing the entire 2020-21 season with injury. She competed in 10 minutes.
 
Abby Tremain paced the Redhawks with three shots on goal in the victory.
 
Hannah Compernolle, a fifth-year senior from Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, had a one-on-one opportunity in the first half but pushed the shot wide. She started Sunday up top at forward, finishing with 66 minutes.
 
Emma Brune, a sophomore from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, played in all 90 minutes Sunday. She extended her streak of playing every minute of regulation to 14-straight games dating back to this past spring's 2020-21 season.
 
For Maryville, a Division II institution in St. Louis, Missouri, Sunday's game was an exhibition.
 
SEMO will stay in Cape Girardeau to take on Missouri-St. Louis Thursday at Houck Field. Initial kick is slated for 6 p.m., CT.