CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri women's soccer (5-5-1, 1-1-1 OVC) earned a point in the Ohio Valley Conference standings with a 0-0 draw to in-state foe Lindenwood (4-6-3, 1-1-2 OVC) Sunday afternoon at Houck Field.
 
SEMO and Lindenwood met on the pitch Sunday for the first time as conference opponents and second time in program history. 
 
The Redhawks outshot the visiting Lions, 17-11 (6-4 SOG), including a commanding second half advantage of 11-2. 
 
Megan Heisserer led SEMO with three shots Sunday including a shot on target. 
 
She looked to set up a Redhawks score with a prime opportunity in the 73rd minute. 
 
Heisserer, a redshirt junior forward from Scott City, Missouri, beat her defender off a throw in from Cayla Koerner before feeding a pass to Faith Liljegren. Liljegren's shot on net then just missed wide. 
 
Heisserer added a shot on goal at 83:03 that Sam Blazek stopped. 
 
Zoe Houston also registered three shots Sunday including one on goal. The freshman from St. Charles, Missouri, notched a shot that was saved by Blazek in the 49th minute. 
 
Cayla Koerner and Kiana Khedoo both finished with two shots (1 SOG) each. 
 
Khedoo registered a shot on target off a feed from Zoey Memmel in the 42nd minute of the first half but an outstretched Blazek was there for the save. 
 
Koerner had a header on frame in the seventh minute off a corner from Liljegren.
 
Lindenwood held a 9-6 (4-4 SOG) edge in shots through the first 45 minutes Sunday. 
 
Goalkeeper Sophia Elfrink made four saves for her fourth shutout of the 2022 campaign. Blazek finished with six for the Lions in the draw. 
 
Jacqueline Baetz paced Lindenwood with three shots (2 SOG). 
 
Eyglo Thorsteinsdottir was assessed a yellow card in the 87th minute. 
 
Three Redhawks from St. Charles, Missouri, faced Lindenwood, their hometown school, Sunday in Alayna Jakul (Orchard Farm HS), Houston (Francis Howell HS), and Mariah Mannino (Francis Howell Central HS).
 
The 2022 SEMO roster features seven players from the St. Louis/St. Charles area and five that competed for the St. Louis Scott Gallagher club. 
 
Redhawk senior defender Natalie Jackson faced off against her sister, Rachel Jackson, a freshman midfielder for Lindenwood Sunday. 

Natalie Jackson, Maddie Paulson, and Emma Brune all competed in the full 90 minutes for SEMO Sunday. 
 
For Jackson, it was her 11th-straight game of the season not leaving the pitch. 
 
For Brune, it was her ninth consecutive game (10th in 2022) playing the full regulation.
 
For Paulson, it was her fourth time in five games, playing full 90 soccer. 
 
The Redhawks wore specialty pink and white jerseys Sunday for October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 
 
SEMO next heads to the Natural State to take on Little Rock on Thursday, Oct. 6. The match will take place at the Coleman Sports Complex in Little Rock, Arkansas, with kickoff slated for 4 p.m., CT.