Game 5 & 6
Southeast Missouri State (0-4-0)
vs Florida International (4-3-0), Florida Atlantic (0-4-2)
 
Match Information
Date: Thursday, Sept. 12, & Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024
Location: Against FIU - Miami, Fla. | Against FAU - Boca Rotan, Fla. 
Venue: Leyva Family Field at FIU Soccer Stadium & FAU Soccer Stadium
First Kick: 6:00 p.m., CT Thursday & 5:00 p.m., CT Sunday
All-Time Series: First meeting with FIU | The series is tied with FAU 1-1-0
Last Meeting: Against FAU - 1-0 Win | Cape Girardeau, Mo. | Sep. 11, 2016
 
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Soccer Travels to Sunshine State to Take on FIU and FAU This Weekend
Southeast Missouri women's soccer (0-4-0) is on the road again as they travel to Florida for a pair of matches first with Florida International (4-3-0) on Thursday and then Florida Atlantic (0-4-2) on Sunday. The Redhawks first kick against FIU is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., CT and 5:00 p.m., CT against FAU.   
 
Last Time Out
SEMO fell to Missouri 5-0 last Sunday in their fourth game of the season. 
 
Goalkeeper Sophia Elfrink made five saves in the match, playing the full 90-minutes for just the first time this season. She faced 25 Missouri shots, with nine on target. 
 
Four Redhawks outside of Elfrink played the full 90-minutes in the match including Navi Washington, Justi Nelson, Melissa Kubin, and Alayna Jakul.  
 
The Tigers got on the board first in the 11^th minute as Kylee Simmons used her head off a crossing ball by Leah Seim. Simmons headed the ball into the center of the goal to give the home team a 1-0 advantage.
 
A penalty kick due to a hand ball in the box committed by the Redhawks' defense allowed Brianna Buets to score the fourth goal of the half and give Missouri a 4-0 lead at halftime. 
 
The Tigers would score a final goal to win the match 5-0 in the second half. 
 
Series History
This will be the first ever meeting between the Redhawks and Florida International.
 
Against FAU, the series is currently tied 1-1 with the last match taking place in 2016 where the Redhawks came away with a 1-0 victory over the Owls in Cape Girardeau. 
 
The first time SEMO faced Florida Atlantic, the owls managed to escape with the win. FAU beat the Redhawks 2-0 in September of 2015 at a neutral site in West Palm Beach, Fla.
 
Scouting Florida International
FIU is currently coming off their biggest win of the season, scoring six goals against Southeastern Louisiana and winning 6-1. The Panthers' other three wins this season have come by the likes of FGCU (2-1), Florida Atlantic (2-0), and Jacksonville (3-0).
 
Against Southeastern Louisiana, FIU recorded 26 shots with 16 of them being on target. 
 
Of the six goals scored in the matchup, four of them came from the bench. Arianna Sparrow scored two goals, on four shots while only playing 27 minutes during the game. 
 
Nikole Solis, the Panthers senior forward, scored the other two bench goals on three shot attempts. Solis now leads the team with five goals scored this season. She has a total of 11 shots with seven of them on goal this year. 
 
FIU's starting goalie Valery Restrepo had two saves against Southeastern Louisiana. So far this season, Restrepo has 14 saves on 51 shots faced. 
 
Senior Noemi Paquin has the most shots and SOG's for the Panthers this year. Paquin has 20 shots with 11 of them being shots on goal.
 
The Panthers have 14 goals on the season (2 goals per game) compared to their opponents six goals.
 
Defensively, FIU is holding their opponents to 7.9 shots per game with 55 total shots taken over their seven games. Meanwhile, the Panthers have cranked out 96 shots this year (13.7 shots per game) with 53 of them being on goal.
 
Florida International is coached by Jonathan Garbar who enters his fourth season at the helm of the program.
 
Scouting Florida Atlantic
The Owls are coming off a 0-2 loss to Tennessee. The Owls have yet to win a game this season but have played four Power Four opponents (Tennessee, Alabama, Miami, and UCF).
 
Against Tennessee, FAU recorded five shots with two of them being on goal. 
 
Forwards Drew Dempsey and Michelle Horan were the two Owls to have shots on goal. Horan leads the team in shots with seven, tied with Dempsey for two shots on goal, and has the only assist on the team.
 
Ashley Small, Florida Atlantic's goalie had three saves against Tennessee but allowed two goals. Small now has 16 saves on the year while facing 57 shots and has allowed 16 goals.
 
The Owls have four goals this season with Horan, Dempsey, Olivia Bori, and Stella Rubidoux all having one goal apiece.
 
As a team, Florida Atlantic has 42 shots compared to their opponents 73 and 14 shots on goal compared to 37 from their opponents. 
 
Patrick Baker enters his 12th season as the head coach for the FAU. Baker has won Conference USA Coach of the Year three times and has an overall record of 104-81-31 with the Owls. 
 
No Minutes Off
Defender Alayna Jakul is the only Redhawk to have never seen the sideline during gameplay this season. She has played the full 90 minutes in each game this season.
 
The Sunshine State
The Redhawks currently own a 1-3-0 record against in the Sunshine State in program history. The matches this week will mark just the fourth time SEMO soccer has been in Florida. Overall, the Redhawks are 1-1 against Florida Atlantic, 0-1 against South Florida, and 0-1 against Stetson.
 
Looking Ahead
SEMO Soccer will return to Houck Field to open Ohio Valley Conference play against Southern Indiana on Sunday, Sept. 22. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m., CT.