Game #11
Southeast Missouri State (5-3-2, 1-1-1 OVC)
vs SIUE (4-4-1, 2-0-0 OVC)
Match Information
Date: Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023
Location: Edwardsville, Ill.
Venue: Ralph Korte Stadium
First Kick: 2:00 p.m., CT
All-Time Series: The series is tied 8-8-3
Last Meeting: SEMO 0-2 Loss | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Sept. 18, 2022
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Live Video: ESPN+
 
Redhawks Looking for Second OVC Win of the Season Sunday at SIUE
Southeast Missouri women's soccer (5-3-2, 1-1-1 OVC) will travel to Edwardsville, Ill. to take on SIUE (4-4-1, 2-0-0 OVC) in a Sunday afternoon Ohio Valley Conference matchup. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m., CT. from Ralph Korte Stadium. 
 
Series History
The Redhawks and Cougars will meet for the 20^th time on the pitch Sunday afternoon as the school's battle for the top of the league standings. 
 
Overall, the series is currently deadlocked at 8-8-3 following last season's SIUE defeat of SEMO, 2-0, in Cape Girardeau. Mo.
 
Last Time Out
SEMO picked up their first win in the Ohio Valley Conference on Thursday night at Harlen C. Hunter Stadium in St. Charles, Mo.
 
The Redhawks defeated Lindenwood by a final score of 2-0 behnid goals from Emma Brune and Zoe Houston. 
 
Brune got the Redhawks on the board early, once again from a corner kick. This one fell to the feet of Brune who then smashed it into the net to beat Lindenwood goalie Anistine Erika to give SEMO a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute. 
 
Brune finished the match with two shots, including the goal. 
 
Midfielder Zoe Houston scored the second and final goal of the contest off a beautifully struck free kick from just outside of LU's box. 
 
A foul on Lindenwood setup another set piece with Houston standing over the ball. She struck it to the goalkeeper's left and the ball found the back of the net to seal the deal. 
 
SEMO, despite the victory, lost the shot count in Thursday's match. The Lions outshot SEMO by a total of 12-7, but goalkeeper Sophia Elfrink continued her impressive season.
 
Elfrink registered eight saves as the Lions failed to score as Elfrink tied her season-high in saves in the match. The sophomore from Columbia, Mo. now has 36 saves on the season and registered her sixth shutout of the season. 
 
Natalie Jackson, Maddie Paulson, Emma Brune, and Sophia Elfrink played the full 90-minutes in Thursday's match. 
 
Five different Redhawks registered a shot in the match as SEMO finished with seven total. Midfielders Faith Liljegren, Justi Nelson, Zoe Houston and defender Alayna Jakul all finished with one shot apiece.
 
Scouting SIUE
The Cougars come into Houck Field with a 4-4-1 record, 2-0 in conference play. SIUE has the second-best record in the OVC, beating Eastern Illinois 2-1 and Lindenwood 1-0.
 
Against Lindenwood Kasey Neidhardt scored the Cougars lone goal off an assist by Matea Diekema. Neidhardt leads the Cougars in goals this season with two.
 
The Junior Kaitlyn Nichols recorded three shots with two of them being on goal. She now has seven shots with three on goal (0.429 SOG%).
 
SIUE Tallied 15 shots and eight on goal and held Lindenwood to only two shots and two shots on goal. 
 
Savannah DeFini the Cougars forward leads the team in shots with 12 on the season. DeFini also has five shots on goal, and one assist this season. 
 
Goalkeeper Taylor Spiller played all 90 minutes notching her first shutout of the year with two saves. The redshirt junior has 32 saves on the yearon the year playing in a total of 781:45 minutes.
 
Derek Burton returns for his 14th season as head coach of the SIUE women's soccer program.
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO women's soccer will return home next Thursday, October 5, to take on Little Rock. First kick is slated for 6 p.m., CT. at Houck Field.