Game 7
Southeast Missouri State (0-6-0)
vs Southern Indiana (1-6-2)
 
Match Information
Date: Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024
Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Venue: Houck Stadium
First Kick: 1:00 p.m., CT 
All-Time Series: SEMO leads 1-0-1
Last Meeting: 0-0 Tie | Evansville, Ind. | Oct. 19, 2024

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SEMO Opens Conference Play at Home Against USI
Southeast Missouri women's soccer (0-6-0) is back at home this weekend to open Ohio Valley Conference play against Southern Indiana (1-6-2). The Redhawks return to Houck Stadium after a three game road stretch. First kick is slated for 1:00 p.m., CT.

Last Time Out
The Redhawks fell to Florida Atlantic last Sunday, Sept. 15, by a final score of 4-0 in Boca Raton, Fla. 

Sophia Elfrink tied her single game save record with eight saves during the match. Elfrink made those eight saves while facing 20 shots from the Owls.

Jodi Smith would get the Owls started with a goal in the first half. Smith scored the goal off of her right foot in the bottom middle of the goal in the 12th minute of the contest.

Drew Dempsey scored FAU's fourth and last goal of the match. Dempsey's goal came off of her right foot into the bottom right of the goal during the 79th minute.

The Redhawks had three shots with two of them being on target compared to 12 SOGs by FAU. Cayla Koerner recorded the two shots on goal for SEMO with Alayna Jakul recording the other shot.

Elfrink, Jakul, and Kristin Anderson were the three Redhawks to play the full 90 minutes of the game.

Series History
SEMO leads the series against USI 1-0-1 with their last meeting resulting in a 0-0 tie. Southern Indiana just became an OVC member on July 1, 2022 so there have only been two all-time meetings.

The first time SEMO faced USI was Thursday, Oct. 20 at Houck, resulting in a 1-0 SEMO win.

Scouting Southern Indiana
The Eagles are coming off their first win of the season with a 2-1 win against Bellarmine. USI recorded nine shots and four saves in the contest.

Sophomore midfielder Greta Ohlwein scored both goals for USI in the 56th and 58th minute for her first two goals of the season.

Junior midfielder Emerson Grafton and freshman midfielder Josie Pochocki assisted on the first goal while Peyton Murphy slotted a pass to Ohlwein for the assist on the second.

Zoe Linter played all 90 minutes in goal in the contest, registering four saves bringing her total to 12.

Sophomore Goalkeeper, Anna Markland has started in the net all but one game. She's faced 109 shots, making 29 saves for a 0.674 save percentage.

Eva Boer (2), Payton Seymour (1), and Emerson Grafton (1) have the other goals for the Screaming Eagles this season. Seymour leads the team in shots with 12. Midfielders Maggie Duggan and Grafton have played the most minutes for USI, logging 780 and 742 minutes, respectively, of gameplay.

Overall, the Eagles have put six into the back of the net and fired off 92 shots (38 SOGs), averaging 10.2 shots per game with a 0.413 SOG percentage.

This past week Grafton was named OVC Defensive Player of the Week and Ohlwein was named OVC Offensive Player of the Week. 

Eric Schoenstein took over as the head coach in 2016 and led the Eagles to a 3-2-4 conference record and fourth seed last season.

Looking Ahead
The Redhawks are on the road Thursday for their first away OVC matchup of the season against Tennessee Tech. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m., CT. in Cookeville, Tenn