BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Southeast Missouri women's soccer (2-4) fell to the Big Ten's Indiana (4-1-1), 6-0, Sunday evening at the Bill Armstrong Stadium. Goalkeeper
Abby Rollet compiled a career best 12 saves in the game.
Indiana took a 6-0 lead with six Hoosiers scoring in the opening period.
Indiana took a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute on a goal from Jen Blitchok.
Jordyn Levy increased the advantage to 2-0 with a tally in the 12th minute.
Avery Lockwood (18'), Anna Bennett (22'), Sofia Black (36') and Bria Telemaque (42') also scored for the Hoosiers in the first half Sunday.
Indiana outshot the Redhawks, 15-0, with 11 shots on goal in the first half.
Rollet, a Perryville, Missouri, native, made five saves in the opening 45 minutes and finished with a career high 12. She made her second-straight start in net for the Redhawks.
Indiana's Jamie Gerstenberg started in net for the Hoosiers, competing in the first half for the win.
Caitlin Arbuckle relieved her in the second half and Coast Liapis finished the game, playing in the final 13 minutes.
Indiana scored a Redhawks single-game record six goals Sunday. The Hoosiers outshot SEMO, 24-0, including 18 shots on target.
Blitchok and Melanie Forbes paced the Hoosiers with five shots (three shots on goal) each.
Indiana also had eight corner opportunities compared to the Redhawks one.
Natalie Jackson made her first start of the season after appearing in her 2021 debut this past Thursday (Sept. 2) at Evansville. Jackson, a junior from O'Fallon, Missouri, competed in 60 minutes on the pitch.
Emma Tucker also made her first career start.
Maddie Paulson made her 2021 season debut, coming on as a substitution.
Emma Brune, the reigning OVC Defender of the Week, extended her streak of playing in every minute of regulation to 18-straight games dating back to this past spring's 2020-21 season.
Brune,
Lauren Welker,
Lexi Grote and
Emma Tucker competed in all of the opening 45 minutes of play.
The Redhawks next head to Iowa City, Iowa, to take on fellow Big Ten institution Iowa Sept. 12. First kick is slated for 1 p.m. The Redhawks will return to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Sept. 19 to face Missouri State. First kick is slated for 1 p.m. at Houck Field.