SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Southeast Missouri women's soccer (1-2-0) fell to Missouri State (1-1-1), 2-0, Thursday afternoon at the Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium. 
 
The Bears scored a pair of unanswered goals in the second half to earn the win in the showdown between the two Show Me State opponents. 
 
Joey Fosnow broke the stalemate for Missouri State with a goal at 54:59 off a feed from Hailey Chambliss. Fosnow notched a game-high three shots (2 SOG). 
 
Kaeli Benedict then added a strike from atop the 18-yard box in the 68th minute to increase the edge to 2-0. Carly Raunig was credited with the assist. 
 
The Bears outshot SEMO, 18-6, including 10-3 on frame. 
 
Kiana Khedoo registered the Redhawks first shot on goal 32 seconds into the second half. 
 
Alayna Jakul and Zoey Memmel each added shots on goal in the 75th and 76th minutes, respectively, Thursday.
 
Jakul, a freshman defender from St. Charles, Missouri, paced the Redhawks with a pair of shots in 81 minutes in her third-straight start. 
 
Cayla Koerner and Faith Liljegren also posted shots for SEMO in the non-conference matchup against Missouri State.
 
SEMO and the Bears went to the break tied at 0-0. MSU outshot the Redhawks, 10-2 (5-0 SOG) in the opening half.
 
Fosnow opened the contest with a shot that bounced off the top of the woodwork in the fourth minute Thursday. 
 
The Bears then looked to pull ahead 1-0 in the 26th minute but the play was called for offsides. 
 
Sophia Elfrink made five saves in the opening 45 minutes including a shot from distance by Grace O'Keefe at 36:04. 
 
Elfrink, a freshman from Columbia, Missouri, finished with eight saves in her third-straight career start. 
 
Emma Brune, Mariah Mannino, and Natalie Jackson all played in the full 90 minutes Thursday. 
 
For Mannino, Jackson, and Elfrink, it was their third-straight full regulation game in 2022. 
 
For Brune, it was her second 90-minute game of the season (32nd in career).
 
Khedoo and Megan Heisserer both made their first starts of the 2022 season Thursday. For Heisserer, a forward from Scott City, Missouri, it was her first start since March 5, 2021. 
 
Camielle Day compiled three saves in the win for Missouri State. 
 
Abby Hansen, O'Keefe, Chambliss, and Riley Smith each registered a pair of shots. 

Kyli Jackson, Raunig and Caroline Carter were each assessed yellow cards Thursday. 
 
SEMO next returns to Houck Field on Sunday evening to face Columbia College (0-0-0, 0-0-0 AMC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Initial kick is set for 6 p.m., CT.