IOWA CITY, Iowa – Southeast Missouri women's soccer (2-5) fell to Iowa (6-1-1), the 2020-21 Big Ten Tournament Champions, 2-0, Sunday afternoon at the Iowa Soccer Complex.
 
SEMO kept the Hawkeyes off the scoreboard through 56 minutes of play and went to the locker room for halftime knotted at 0-0.
 
Iowa outshot the Redhawks, 9-1, through the opening 45 minutes of play Sunday, including 4-0 in shots on goal.
 
Bailey Redden compiled four saves in the first half and finished with six. Redden made her first start since Aug. 29 after missing the past two contests due to an injury.
 
Samantha Tawharu scored for the Hawkeyes in the 57th minute off a pass from Hailey Rydberg.
 
Natalie Massa then increased the Iowa lead to 2-0, finding the back of the net at 72:04.
 
Iowa completed the game with a 21-2 margin in shots. The Hawkeyes found the target eight times Sunday.
 
Natalie Miller tallied the lone SEMO shot during the opening period.
 
Elizabeth Rater also posted a shot at 79:56, making her third start in the past four games.
 
Alyssa Walker paced Iowa with five shots with one on goal. Rydberg added four shots.
 
The Hawkeyes earned six corners compared to one for SEMO.
 
Morgan McCourt returned to the pitch after suffering an injury on Aug. 22 against Maryville. McCourt played in 52 minutes and was featured in the starting 11 at forward.
 
Natalie Jackson tallied her second-straight start on defense in 2021. Jackson and Emma Brune played in all 90 minutes of action.
 
Brune, a sophomore from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, extended her streak of playing every minute of regulation to 19-straight games dating back to this past spring's 2020-21 season.
 
Lauren Welker was clocked at 86 minutes of playing time.
 
Mariah Johnson was assessed a yellow card in the 41st minute.
 
SEMO has now lost its last four games and last scored against Missouri-St. Louis on Aug. 26.
 
The Redhawks next return to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to face in-state foe Missouri State on Sunday, Sept. 19 in its annual Meg Herndon Memorial Green Up Game. First kick is set for 1 p.m., CT at Houck Field.