Game #15
Southeast Missouri State (6-5-3, 2-3-2 OVC)
vs Southern Indiana (4-6-6, 3-1-3 OVC)
Match Information
Date: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023
Location: Evansville, Ind.
Venue: Strassweg Field
First Kick: 7:00 p.m., CT
All-Time Series: SEMO leads the series 1-0-0
Last Meeting: 1-0 Win | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Oct. 20, 2022
Live Stats: Sidearm Sports
Live Video: ESPN+
 
Redhawks Battle Southern Indiana Thursday in Final Road OVC Contest 
Southeast Missouri women's soccer (6-5-3, 2-3-2 OVC) will hit the road for the final time in the 2023 regular season to take on Southern Indiana (4-6-6, 3-1-3 OVC) on Thursday evening. First kick is slated for 7 p.m., CT. at Strassweg Field in Evansville, Ind. 
 
Series History 
The Redhawks and Screaming Eagles met for the first time in the programs' history in 2022 after USI made the jump from NCAA Division II to Division I, joining the Ohio Valley Conference a season ago. 
 
The Redhwaks lead the series 1-0-0 after downing USI last season by a final score of 1-0 on Oct. 20 in Cape Girardeau, Mo. 
 
League Table
As the season winds down, with just two matches remaining in regular season play, the Ohio Valley Conference table is tightly contested. 
 
Tennessee Tech (6-0-1 OVC) currently sits atop the table with 19 points. Morehead State (4-1-2 OVC) is in second with 14 points followed by Southern Indiana (3-1-3, OVC | 12 points), SIUE (3-1-3 OVC | 12 points) tied for third, and UT Martin (2-2-3 OVC | nine points) in fourth place.
 
SEMO sits in fifth place with just eight points with matches against USI and UT Martin remaining. 
 
The OVC Tournament will begin next Friday and Sunday with the first round and quarterfinal matchups. Location and time TBA after the conclusion of the regular season. 
 
Last Time Out
Last Sunday, SEMO battled with league-leading Tennessee Tech at Houck Field, but fell 1-0 to the Golden Eagles. 
 
Senior midfielder Emma Brune was selected as the Player of the Match playing the entire 90-minutes, registering two shots with one on-target. 
 
SEMO was outshot by TTU, 9-6, including a 7-3 disadvantage in shots-on-goal. Brune and Emily Baker led the Redhawks with two shots each. 
 
Six Redhawks played the entire 90-minute match including the entire back line of Natalie Jackson, Maddie Paulson, and Alayna Jakul. Midfielders Zoe Houston, Emma Brune, and goalkeeper Sophia Elfrink played every minute of Sunday's contest. 
 
Elfrink finished the match with six saves total, two in the first half and four in the second, allowing just one goal in the contest. 
 
Tennessee Tech controlled possession for most of the match, out possessing the Redhawks 55-percent to 45-percent.
 
TTU scored their goal 10-minutes into the second half.  A corner kick, setup by a good bit of attacking play, from Yao Giada Zhou found the head of Neve Renwick right in front of SEMO's goal. 
 
Renwick headed it into the top right corner of the net to beat Elfrink for the game-winning goal. 
 
SEMO's best chance of the contest came from redshirt senior Megan Heisserer late in the first half. A stumble in the TTU backline gave Heisserer the ball one-on-one with TTU goalkeeper Maggie Conrad. 
 
Heisserer fired it low and hard as Conrad recorded one of her three saves. She finished with three saves in the full 90-minute match. 
 
Scouting the Opponent
Southern Indiana
The Screaming Eagles are hosting SEMO after coming off a 1-1 tie against UT Martin where they registered 21 shots with six on goal.
 
Freshman Greta Ohlwein scored the lone goal for USI. The goal came in the second half off an assist from Avery Schone.
 
Midfielder Peyton Murphy recorded four shots during the game. Murphy leads the Screaming Eagles in shots this season with 27. Murphy also has nine shots on goal (0.333 SOG%), two goals and two assists this year. 
 
Anna Markland, USI's goalie had five saves during the game. Markland has 62 saves on the year (.785 SV%) which is fifth best in the Ohio Valley Conference. 
 
Pilar Torres currently leads the Screaming Eagles in goals and shots on goal this season. Torres has three goals and 12 shots on goal (0.600 SOG%).
 
Southern Indiana is currently sitting in third place in the OVC behind Morehead State and Tennessee Tech. 
 
The Screaming Eagles are coached by Eric Schoenstein. Schoenstein is in his seventh year with Southern Indiana. 
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO Soccer will conclude the 2023 regular season on Sunday, Oct. 22 when they welcome in UT Martin to Cape Girardeau, Mo. on senior day as seven Redhawks will be honored in their final home contest of their career. First kick is slated for 1 p.m., CT. at Houck Field.